Marazion And St Michaels Mount

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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)

Maker

Mr W J J Rodda (Designer)
Mr W J J Rodda (Sculptor)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 15 May 1921
Attended by: Brig General Lord St Levan C B, C V O
Dedicated
Date: 15 May 1921
Attended by: Rev E B Mereweather
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Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

9271

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Current location

Located opposite All Saints Church.
Fore Street
Marazion
Penwith
Cornwall
TR17 0AF
England

OS Grid Ref: SW 51954 30623
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Base surmounted bay double plinth, shaft and wheel cross. Inscription in gold lettering on slate tablets palced on two sides of the upper plinth. Cross stands within small grden enclosed at the font by ornate metal railings which bear the music for the Hymn "Abide with me", the gate bearing the words of the Hymn's first line.

Inscription

Railings: ABIDE WITH ME! FAST FALLS THE EVENTIDE Plinth: THIS CROSS IS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS / IN MEMORY OF ALL MEN OF MARAZION / AND ST MICHAELS MOUNT WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1914 1918/ (Names) / 1939 1945 / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOW HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Berryman, James Thomas
Channing, Frank
Chapple, James
Donovan, A
Edmonds, F
Edmonds, Samuel John
Egan, W
Halse, Robert
Ivey, Arthur
Ivey, John
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Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Memorial
Measurements: height 18FT
Materials: Stone

Listing information

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Condition

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Costs

Memorial: FREE

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Public

Responsibility

MARAZION TOWN TRUST

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