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William Nancarrow of Four Lanes

The body of William Nancarrow of Four Lanes, a miner  [Continue Reading]

Top BBC presenter discovers Camborne war hero ancestor

A top BBC presenter has discovered that he has an  [Continue Reading]

Leonard Sara of Troon

With many thanks to Richard Devonshire, who grew up in  [Continue Reading]

Ambulance hero John Vandersluys Thomas

Gillian Thomas, brought up in Camborne and now living in Canada,  [Continue Reading]

Charles H. Toghill: a medical orderly in IndiaCharle

Many thanks to David Thomas of Kresen Kernow for drawing  [Continue Reading]

A Cornish copper miner’s death after the war

The story of Richard Rowe is a sad one that  [Continue Reading]

Robert Paul from Troon

Robert Paul from Troon, west Cornwall, carved his name on  [Continue Reading]

The forgotten story of Josiah Mitchell of Townshend

All stories relating to local men who died on the  [Continue Reading]

J C Trengrove – a Royal Army Medical Corps mystery

Can you help? This medal was awarded to John Charles  [Continue Reading]

Leslie Pentecost – Camborne

The grave of Leslie Pentecost in Camborne churchyard. Pentecost was  [Continue Reading]

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