| Penzance Cemetery |
| West Cornwall |
| Penzance Cemetery contains 34
scattered burials of the First World War. Of the 71 Second World War
burials, 2 are unidentified seaman. 43 of the burials are in the war graves
plot, the rest scattered. The naval casualties include 22 sailors who lost
their lives in an attack by German surface craft off Mount's Bay on 6
January 1944, 17 of them being members of the crew of HM Trawler "Wallasea".
In addition the cemetery also contains 2 Foreign National burials of the
1914-18 war, including 1 unidentified French Merchant seaman, and 6 of the
1939-45 war, including 1 unidentified sailor of the German Navy.
No. of Identified Casualties: 110
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