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Welcome to the Cornwall Family History Society’s
Cornwall’s War History website

a tribute to those brave people of Cornwall who served or laid down their lives in both World Wars and subsequent conflicts.

PLEASE NOTE
This is very much a work in progress and NOT a finished project, it changes almost daily and we have much more information to add
Thank you for your patience

The website grew out of our existing Monumental Inscription project. During the photographing of headstones in burial grounds around Cornwall we noted many war casualties remembered on family graves, some without names. In 2012, this led to the further research of their names and a subsequent need to record them. We felt that details of those who had served and died for their country and had a connection with Cornwall should be collated in one dedicated website and be accompanied by photographs of the individuals and the grave sites.

We also record those who lie in graves in Cornwall but who originated elsewhere.

Users are able to comment or add photographs of individuals or grave sites. All donated photographs will remain the copyright of the donor and be attributed as required.

We have attempted to use as few abbreviations as possible.  However, certain fields were felt to be impractical to spell out on a recurring basis.  These are primarily the nationality of the individual and their ship’s  home nation.  Those are listed here.  Abbreviations

We are very grateful to those volunteers who have been part of this project from its conception and those who have willingly participated since. Acknowledgements

We have found:

Of 6419 World War I casualties identified:
5440 Army
667 Royal Navy (including the Royal Naval Division)
249 Merchant Navy
63 Royal Air Force
224 sets of brothers who died in WW I
16 sets of fathers and sons who both died in WW I
20 sets of fathers and sons where the father died in WW I and the son in WW II
Of 4786 World War II casualties identified:
2692 Army
847 Royal Navy
232 Merchant Navy
1359 Royal Air Force
54 sets of brothers who died in WW II
(including one set of twins who died in the same incident and are buried next to each other)
9 sets of fathers and sons who both died in WW II

If you have any information, pictures or corrections contact us at enquiries@cornwallswarhistory.co.uk

In War:  Resolution.
In Defeat:  Defiance.
In Victory:  Magnanimity.
In Peace:  Goodwill.

Winston S. Churchill, 1948.

Died on This Day: 28th Mar

1915 - BAILEY Samuel James
1915 - CORKHILL Robert Ernest
1915 - DINGLE Thomas
1915 - FURSE Arthur
1915 - HENDERSON Percy Douglas
1915 - LANCASTER William Rawlins
1915 - MAGNUSSON Hjalmar
1915 - TEARLE Louisa
1915 - WATERS Herbert James
1915 - WYSE Joseph William

View full details of all 44 who died on this day

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