Continuing our survey of memorials to World War One dead: Penponds Church today.Here the memorial is unusual as it is part of the church - in the church porch.
Money to create this was raised by Canon James Sims Carah, vicar of Penponds from 1896 to 1935. County Records Office (we visited recently as part of Heart of Conflict.)Canon Carah kept meticulous records of collections for individuals, which can be viewed at the County Records office, which we visited recently as part of the Heart of Conflict project. Local businessman Craig Carey-Clinch, who attends Penponds Church, has done extensive research on the names: we will be featuring this in our Heart of Conflict.exhibition at the Cornish Studies Library, Redruth later this month.
