Shortly after Remembrance Sunday, in November 2008, I was visiting friends in Cornwall when, on information provided by our Chairman, Mike Crick, I was able to locate the graves of two former pupils of Christ’s College who had died during the Second World War and whose names are on the memorial in the school hall.
Fl Lt Ronald Frederick Gore RAF who died on 16 March 1944 lies in Grave No 24 in a Commonwealth War Grave plot in Illogan Cemetery in the churchyard of St Illogan near Redruth.
Lt Derek Albert Davis RN who died on 23 June 1945 rests in Grave No 18 in a similar CWG plot within the churchyard of St Merryn near Padstow. The nearby Cornish Arms contains information about the wartime Royal Naval Air Station named HMS Vulture which was active during the war just outside the village of St Merryn.
Brian Fuller (CCF 1951-57)
CRA President.
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