Category Archives: Cornwall

Above & below: The grave of Major Herbert Augustine Carter VC, who died from exhaustion in East Africa in January 1916.  He won his VC in India in 1903. The Church of St. Erth.  Locked.

The St. Ives N.C.I. (National Coastwatch Institution) Station on Island promontory on the north side of St. Ives.  The gun emplacement was constructed in 1860 as part of the shore defences against a possible invasion by Napoleon III.

Unfortunately the church was locked, so the next few photos were shot through one of the windows and are, it is fair to say, rubbish. Update June 2013: Yep, locked again I’m afraid, but it appears I missed Private Bonney the … Continue reading →

          Above & below: In the middle distance St. Bartholomew’s Church (which proves to be locked), obscures Helston (Porthleven) Cemetery beyond. Above & below:

Same place, another time:

The war memorial commemorates those who served and died in the three parishes of Grade, Ruan Major and Ruan Minor.  You will find photos of the churches at Grade and Ruan Major elsewhere in the ‘Cornwall’ category.