Memorial

Leonard Warne, Gardener at Heligan - WW1

Tablet

Source: Copyright David Bignall

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Current Location

The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Pentewan, Restormel, St Austell, Cornwall, PL26 6EN, England

SW 99811 46570

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 76522
Description: Slate tablet, probably a roofing tile, mounted on wall by two nails and wire.
Inscription: LEONARD/ WARNE / BORN 1890- DIED 1920 / REMEMBERED AT ST EWE / LEONARD WAS ONE OF NINE CHILDREN, LIVING AT TRELEWACK, A / NEARBY FARM. LEONARD WORKED AT HELIGAN AS A GARDENER, CUTTING / HEDGES AND LAWNS AND LOOKING AFTER THE GLASSHOUSES. / HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA BEFORE THE WAR TO WORK ON A RANCH , BUT / RETURNED TO VOLUNTEER IN JULY 1915 AS A SAPPER IN THE ROYAL / ENGINEERS, 229TH FIELD CO. / HE WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED ON THE WESTERN FRONT AND INVALIDED / HOME TO HOSPITAL IN PLYMOUTH, WHERE HE LATER DIED FROM HIS/ WOUNDS. / HE IS BURIED IN LOSTWITHIEL, HIS PARENTS HAVING MOVED TO THE / NEARBY VILLAGE OF LANLIVERY.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, forename, occupation, regiment, rank, manner and place of death