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                                                           HELP - Singapore Queries                                                                                    When in Singapore CIP took the opportunity of recording some memorials that may contain the names of Cornish people. We have placed the transcripts of foutr of these memorials below. It will take some considerable research to ascertain if any of these have Cornish connections.

1. The Singapore War Cenotaph.

2. 1915 plaque recording those killed in the mutiny of that year

3. Malayan Civil Service personal killed in the Second World War

4. Plaque to John Harvey

Please have a look below at the transcript of each of these memorials and let us have any information on any of the people mentioned.

1. Singapore Cenotaph

 The Cenotaph, located in Esplanade Park, was erected in memory of those who sacrificed their lives in the First World War (1914-18). It was designed by Denis Santry and the substantial granite monument, topped with an urn, stands 10 metres tall. The foundation stone was laid on 15 November 1920 by Sir Laurence Guillemard, the Governor of the Straits Settlements. There are 124 names listed on bronze panels. Five steps lead up the memorial each year of the war carved into individual steps. Officially unveiled on 31 March 1922 by the Prince of Wales, later Duke of Windsor, when he stopped in Singapore during his tour of India, Malaya, Australia and New Zealand. The French Premier George Clemenceau, who was the French Minister of War, attended the laying of the foundation stone.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          After the Second World War, it was decided that the memorial should also remember those who sacrificed their lives in that conflict. Thus, the face of the Cenotaph towards the Padang commemorates the fallen of the First World War, while the other side facing the sea keeps the memory of those who perished in the Second World War, no names for this second world war are listed on the memorial.  

                                                                                                                              

OUR GLORIOUS DEAD

ACHURCH

ADCOCK

ANDERSON

ANDERSON

ANDERSON

APPLETON

BAGNALL

BAILEY

BELL

BELL

BLACK

BROWN

BUTCHER

CAMPBELL

CAMPBELL

CHARLES

CLARKE

CLERK

COCKBURN

COLES

COLLINS

COOPER

COREN

CORKE

CRITIEN

CRITTEN

CUMMING

CUMMING

CURRIE

CUTBILL

CUTHBERT

DANDO

DE BONDY

DENNISON

DIXON

DUDLEY

DUNCAN

DUNCAN

EAMES

EVANS

FISKEN

FLOWER

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K W

G S M

J A

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R G

D H

B G A

W

J K

W

J B

C W B

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C A

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T M

L G

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E W

G H

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A B

F K

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R V

W

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H M

J H

H P

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D C

W S

D D

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V A

FOLEY

GOLD

GREENSLADE

GUNN

HALLIFAX

HANCOCK

HANCOCK

HANSEN

HAZARD

HENSON

HEWLETT

HORNSEY

HORSFALL

HUMPHREY

IRONSIDE

JESSOP

JONES

JUPE

KEKEWICH

KELLAR

KERR

KING

LAING

LAMB

LANCASTER

LANE

LANE

LANGHAM

LAURENT

LAW

LAW

LESLIE

LOWE

MACPHERSON

MARTIN

MARTIN

MARTIN

McCULLOCH

McFARLANE

McNIDDER

MENARD

MILLARD

M S

P

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W R H

E P

J E

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H Y

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H A T

J F

G G

S P

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F D

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J

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P H

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G S

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MORRIS

MOSS

MUNIE

NAIN

NASH

NEWTON

NIVEN

PATTERSON

PAYTON

PICOT

POLLARD

PUSINELLI

RAWSON

REID

RENNIE

RILEY

ROBERTSON

ROBERTSON

ROSS

SAYERS

SCHAFER

SHARPE

SMITH

SPRINGFIELD

STEWART

STRATTON

SUGDEN

TAYLOR

TERRELL

THOMAS

THORNTON

TREGARTHEN

TREMEARNE

UPTON

VAUILLAUMIE

WARNER

WATSON

WHATMORE

WILKINSON

WRIGHT

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A G

L M

C M

P S

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2. 1915 Mutiny plaque located in Singapore Cathedral :

                                                                             5th Native Light Infantry in February 1915.                                                                                      15th 15th February.

2nd lieutnt.

Sergeant.

Corporal.

Corporal.

Lnce. Corporal.

Private.

Private.

Private.

J. LOVE MONTGOMERIE.

G. WALD (Reserve)

D. McGILRAY

G. O. LAWSON

J. G. E. HARPER

B. C. CAMERON

F. S. DRYSDALE

A.J. G. HOLT

Rifles

Engineers

Rifles

Cyclist Scouts

Rifles

Rifles

Rifles

Rifles

16th February.

Lieutnt.

A. F. LEGGE

Field Ambulance

18th February.

Gunner.

P. WALTON

Artillery

19th Feb
ruary.

Civilian

F. GEDDES

Armed Civilians

This memorial is erected by their comrades in the Singapore Volunteer Corps

3. Malayan Civil Service personal killed in the Second World War :

In memory of members of the Malayan Civil Service who lost their lives 1939 - 1945

R. G. DeL. ARMSTRONG

W. ARMSTRONG

K. H. BANCROFT

G. L. F. BIRD

R. J. BLEAKLEY

A.C. BOYD

R.V. BRANT

H. J. COCKMAN

W. COLE

C. H. DAKERS

K.G. A. DOHOO

H. FRASER

J. F. F. GREGG

R. C. S. HARRIS

C. A. HARRISON-JONES

A. W. HAY

T. D. HUGHES

R. IRVINE

G. M. KIDD

C. M. KNAGGS

J. D. LAMBERT

G. A. McCASKIE

J. C. McEVETT

D. McPHIE

S. M. MIDDLEBROOK

J. R. NEAVE

H. NORTH-HUNT

J. H. PEDLOW

RAJA AMAN SHAH

J. G. RAPPOPORT

H. C. R. RENDLE

H. R. ROSS

J. J. SHEEHAN

L. C. SIMPSON-GRAY

G. F. STAYNES

A. W. J. THOMAS

G. A. G. WALKER

R. A. WARD

H. WATSON

F. L. WILLIAMS

4. Was this chap a Cornishman ? Located in the Cathedral at Singapore :

To the memory of JOHN HARVEY

A prominent resident here 1843 - 1858.

Died 6th June 1879, aged 58 years.