Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- Town
- Lower Albaston
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Korean War (1950-1953)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9327
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Current location
in the grounds of Lower Albaston Parish Church Cemetery
Lower Albaston
Cornwall
PL18 9AF
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 42521 70535
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- ROUGH HEWN `CRUSADER' CROSS ON ROUGH PLINTH AND SINGLE STEP. MAIN PLAQUE ON FRONT FACE OF PLINTH, NAMES ON OTHER SIDES OF PLINTH AND ON TWO STONE TABLETS AT BASE OF CROSS.
- Inscription
- Main Plaque - Thanks be to God whom.....Victory/ In glorious memory of/ the men from the Parish of Calstock/ who fell in The Great War/ 1914-1918/ Greater love hath no man than this/ that a man lay down his life for his friends
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Pearse, J
Piper, W J
Piper, W T
Pridham, W J
Rapson, W H
Reddicliffe, F
Rice, A
Ridholls, A G
Rooke, P
Rosekilly, N
See details for all 43 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 43
Served and returned: 0
Died: 43
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, Initials
Order of information: Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 35
Served and returned: 0
Died: 35
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname - Korean War (1950-1953)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Memorial
- Listing information
- Calstock Parish War Memorial
- 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
- Condition
- Calstock Parishioners
- WMO ID: 246697
- Condition: Good [last updated on 23-06-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Cornwall Family History Society, www.cornwallfhs.com/cornwallswarhistory/maps/war-memorials-2/albaston/, accessed 5 May 2023
- War Memorials Online, www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/246697/, accessed 5 May 2023
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