Memorial details

Memorial type
Clock or clock tower
District
Penwith
Town
St. Just
County
Cornwall
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Iraq War (2003-2011)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 30 August 1931
    Attended by: W C Angwin, Agent General for Western Australia
  • Dedicated
    Date: 30 August 1931
    Attended by: Canon Taylor M.A.
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
9276

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Current location

Where Fore Street (A3071) meets North Row.
Bank Square
St. Just
Penwith
Cornwall
TR19 7HJ
England

OS Grid Ref: SW 37031 31444
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Plain clock tower with four illuminated dials, with a spire, and a weather vein, on a three stepped base surrounded by an iron fence. The inscription is in black lead lettering on tablets at the base of the clock tower. There is an additional name added below the WW1 tablet - "L HEHIR". This is Sergeant Les Hehir, 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery, aged 34, from Poole in Dorset who was killed on on Friday 21 March 2003, when a US Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crashed south of the Kuwait border with US and UK personnel aboard.
Inscription
6 o'clock face: THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FROM THIS TOWN GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 18. / (Names) 9 o'clock face: IN MEMORIAM / WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 / (Names) 3 o'clock face: IN MEMORIAM / WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 / (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Angwin, J
Barnes, J
Bennett, P_
Chennals, J
Chinner, E
Chinner, R
Davey, J E
Davey, P E H
Davey, S
Eadie, J
See details for all 80 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 46
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 46
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename initial, surname.
    Order of information: Alphabetical by surname.
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 32
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 33
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename initial, surname.
    Order of information: Alphabetical by surname.
  • Iraq War (2003-2011)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: initial, surname, date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tower
    Measurements: depth c. 2000mm, height c. 9000mm, width c. 2000mm
    Materials: Concrete
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
Listing information
  • War Memorial Clock Tower
  • Grade II
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
St Just Town Council
Reference

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