Blisland War Memorial

St. Pratt's Churchyard, Blisland, Cornwall

Inscription reads:

For King and Country

In proud and sacred remembrance of:

Edwin Matthews, Pte. D.C.L.I. 9th May 1915

Henry Keat, LS, H.M.S. Maidstone, Mar. 1916

William Arthur Northcott, Pte. R.D.C. 24th Oct 1917

Claudius Clarendon Roose, Tpr. R. 1st D.I.Y. 2nd Dec 1917

William James Manaton, GNR. R.C.A. 25th Mar. 1918

William John Gill, Pte. D.C.L.I. 20th June 1918

Joseph Keat Cpl. R. 1st D.I.Y. 2nd Sept. 1918

Wilfrid Edwin Nelder Tpr. R. 1st D.I.Y. 2nd Sept. 1918

The war memorial stands in front of the church (L) and Private W.A. Northcott's grave within the churchyard, he was a member of the Royal Defence Corps. And died on 24th October 1917, aged 48. He is commemorated on the memorial.

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