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Grouville, Jersey



 

Grouville Parish Memorial

This is located on a small triangular strip of land between a main road and a smaller road opposite the entrance to one of Jersey's best loved golf courses, the Royal Grouville. Unique to the Parish Memorials in Jersey this memorial is some distance from both the Parish Church and Parish Hall where as all the others are either next to one or both or in some cases situated inside one of the buildings. The memorial is made from granite and takes the form of a cross. At the base of the cross are panels with the names of fifty three men who died during the Great War. Also listed are the names of five men who died during WWII. Of those killed in the Great War sixteen of them must have died fighting for the French as their names are listed together on one panel with the inscription:

Anciens Combattants Francais

The main inscription on the front of the memorial reads:

Grouville
Tribut De Reconnaissance
Aux Paroissiens
Morts Pendant Le Grande Guerre
1914-1919

List of names

French Memorial at Grouville Church