Memorial
Penzance Book of Remembrance
Current Location
Penzance Council, Penlee Park, Penzance, Penwith, Cornwall, TR18 4HE, England
OS Grid Reference
SW 47048 30048
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- WMR Reference Number
- 94935
- Description
- Book of Remembrance for the men and women of Penzance killed in the Boer War, WW1, WW2, Korean War and other conflicts up to 2010, also including a digital web-site listing the names. An earlier Roll of Honour was located at Penlee Memorial Park (see 9273)
- Inscription
- Preface from the Book of Remembrance: For many years a copy of the original Book of Remembrance was on display in the Remembrance Garden adjacent to Penlee House Gallery and Museum and more recently, due to structural problems, within the gallery itself. The book contained sparse information on those who gave their lives from the Second Boer War to the present day and it was therefore decided that a fuller record should be compiled. This book, which has taken several years of research, is the result of those efforts but it is still not yet complete and possibly never will be as it is now 100 years since the start of the Great War. However, it is hoped that, by putting the details collated so far into the public domain, further information will be forthcoming and that in the end we will have a comprehensive record and a fitting tribute to those from the Town who made the supreme sacrifice. The enlargement of Penzance Borough in 1934 has also been taken into account with the inclusion of Gulval, Heamoor, Newlyn, Mousehole and Paul. The total number of names is 655 broken down as follows: Boer War 8 Great War 380 World War II 260 Korean War 3 Other Conflicts 4 This Roll of Honour was formally presented to Penzance by the Town Council in August 2014 during the celebrations to mark the 400th year since the granting of the charter to the town and the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of The Great War.
- War
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Number Commemorated
- 8
- Died
- 8
- Information shown
- Surname, initials, rank, regiment and place of death
- Order of names
- Alphabetical by surname
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 366
- Died
- 366
- Information shown
- Surname, initials, rank, regiment and place of death
- Order of names
- Alphabetical by surname
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 208
- Died
- 208
- Information shown
- Surname, initials, rank, regiment and place of death
- Order of names
- Alphabetical by surname
- War
- Korean War (1950-1953)
- Number Commemorated
- 3
- Died
- 3
- Information shown
- Surname, forename, rank regiment and place of death
- Order of names
- Alphabetical by surname
- War
- Aden Emergency (1963-1967)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Surname, forename, rank regiment and place of death
- War
- Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Surname, initials, rank, regiment and place of death
- War
- Afghanistan (2001-2014)
- Number Commemorated
- 2
- Died
- 2
- Information shown
- Surname, forename, rank regiment and place of death
- War
- Ireland (1801-1923)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Surname and forenames
- Sponsor Type
- public
- Sponsored By
- Penzance Council
- Custodian
- Penzance Council