Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Carrick
- Town
- Gwennap
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 27th July 1920
Attended by: LORD LIEUT OF CORNWALL
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
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St Wennappa's Church
Churchtown
Gwennap
Carrick
Cornwall
TR16 6BD
England
OS Grid Ref: SW 73835 40069
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Granite wheel cross with sword in relief on shaft of cross.
- Inscription
- TO THE HONOUR/ OF THOSE WHO/ AT THE CALL OF/ KING AND COUNTRY/ GAVE UP ALL THAT/ WAS DEAR TO THEM/ THAT OTHERS MIGHT/ LIVE IN FREEDOM/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ R.I.P./ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Annear, James
Broad, Thomas John
Cabbis, Thomas
Cleed, James
Clinton, Reginald Arthur
Collins, Thomas
Collins, William J
Ford, Richard N
Harold, Arthur Ronald
Hitchens, William J
See details for all 25 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: year died,forename
Order of information: year died - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height C 11 FT
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Costs
Site: £70
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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