Memorial

Penryn Memorial Garden

Source: Copyright Fr Michael Oades

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Current Location

Near bowling green, Penryn Memorial Garden, Quay Hill, Penryn, Carrick, Cornwall, TR10 8GW, England

SW 78751 34320

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Type of Memorial: Garden
WMR Reference Number: 9194
Description: A garden laid mainly to lawn. At one end of the garden is a grassy mound surrounded by a walking path. A standing stone is erected on a circular base, covered with irregular-shaped stones, on the mound with a short pathway cut into the mound (enabling wreaths to be presented). A stone tablet with commemoration rests at the base of the Standing Stone (possibly damaged/removed). A flagpole and bronze plaque with commemoration, the latter fixed to a block of stone, are alongside.
Inscription: [Plaque]: BOROUGH OF PENRYN/ THESE GARDENS HAVE BEEN/ PROVIDED TO REMIND ALL/ WHO SEE THEM THAT ON THIS/ SITE STOOD HOMES WHICH/ WERE DESTROYED DURING AN/ ENEMY AIR RAID IN THE EARLY/ MORNING OF MAY 13TH 1941/ WHEN 18 LIVES WERE LOST. [Stone]: WE WILL REMEMBER

War: Second World War - civilians
Additional Information: The names are included on the war memorial in St Gluvia's churchyard

Garden

Made from: Plant Material

Condition: Good

Stone of remembrance

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Unknown

Flagpole

Made from: Unknown

Condition: Good