Fred Vowden (my Great Uncle) was a platelayer with L&SW Railways and was born in Egloshayle, near Wadebridge, Cornwall. He was from a farming family and his father's work took them to Lansallos, near Polperro, where Fred eventually met Doris Curtis, his future wife. He was married for just three years and was the father of Dorothy, born in 1916. After Fred died Doris didn't remarry. 

Fred died in Frensham Military Hospital, Surrey, in November 1918 after contracting flu and pneumonia. He is, surprisingly, remembered on no less than six different war memorials! His name appears on the plaque at Couch's Reading rooms in Polperro; on the Talland Bay cross; inside Egloshayle Church; at Egloshayle Park memorial,; Wadebridge Town Hall memorial and on one of the large plaques at Waterloo Station for L& SW staff who lost their lives in the war. 

Gone but definitely not forgotten.

Sue Sandy