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
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