Padstow During WW1

The list below contains names of those commemorated on the war memorial in Padstow, this list has been researched by world war one historian Peter Smith . Peter has very generously permitted the museum to use this information as part of the 2014 commemoration of the Great War.

By clicking on any name on the list you can see the full script.

Barrett,FC	Dale. R.	Stone
Barrett. A	Dale,R.G	Miller
Bate	Dale,W	Wood
Bennett	Edgcombe	Rae
Benney	Edwards	Hore,W
Berry	Edyvane	Williams
Bruford	England	Prior
Cross	Grubb	Wilcocks
Crews	Henwood,P	Prideaux-Brune
Cole	Henwood,W	Tonkin
Cornock	Hore,J	Oldham,TL
Couch.JH	Harding	Tippett
Couch.JP	Hocking	Oldham,T.F.
Thomas	Greenaway	Moor(e).W
Masters	Neal	Taylor
Martyn	Skinner	Fuller
Langford	Sargent	Frazer
Edyvean	Hutchings	Rosevear
Millar	Greenaway	Slawson
The Unknown Marine	Sluman

This shell case from Q Ship Viola can be found in the museum

The grave of an unknown marine a casualty of the sinking of a ship off Trevose Head Nr Padstow North Cornwall during WWI has been resolved, having been a mystery for the last 99 years, recent research by Peter Smith and John Buckingham of Padstow Museum, has established the identity of this hitherto unknown hero.

This grave is situated in Padstow Cemetery and is protected by CWGC.

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