Geoffrey Horsman Coles

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Reference WMO/292805

Address:

St Buriana's Church

Penzance Road

St Buryan

TR19 6BA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Screen
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
  • Stone Marble
  • Timber Oak
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Wooden tower screen in perpendicular Gothic style. Inscription on centre rail and dedicatory brass plaque mounted onto a Devonshire marble backboard placed nearby. Royal Fusiliers badge carved in the upper left hand corner of the plaque. Note that he was from Sennen where he is commemorated on WMO/277601 and 289612. According to CWGC his parents were from Hastings.
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Screen: In loving memory of Geoffrey Horsman Coles killed in action January 27th 1916. Plaque (beside screen): The tower screen was erected/by the members of his family/in loving memory of/Geoffrey Horsman Coles/of Little Swingate Sennen who/was killed in action in France on 27th/Jan 1916 in his 45th year while serving/as a Private in the 24th Royal Fusiliers/His life for his country his soul to God. Brass mural plate (under plaque): His life for his country his soul to God

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