
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Other memorial
- District
- Penwith
- Town
- Lelant
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 12968
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Current location
Opposite The Badger Inn
Fore Street
Lelant
Penwith
Cornwall
TR26 3JT
England
OS Grid Ref: SW 54556 37205
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- TWO STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY BLOCK OF STONE. TWO BLOCKS FORM PILLARS ABOVE THIS, ARCHITRAVE ON TOP, WHOLE IS SURMOUNTED BY A STONE ORB. WW2 NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON THE SUPPORTING PILLARS AND THE DEDICATORY INSCRIPTION AND WW1 NAMES ARE ON THE BASE STONE.
- Inscription
- 1939-1945 / (Names) / The Great War 1914 - 1918 /Lest we forget/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Firstbrook, Ernest A
Gilbert, William S
Martin, W Thomas
Neilsen, Andreas M
Phillips, James E
Semmens, Albert H
Steer, Charles G
Trewhella, James M
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Forename or Initial
Order of information: Random - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Forename
Order of information: Random
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Stone of remembrance
Measurements: depth C 3500MM, height C 4000MM, width C 4500MM
Materials: Granite
- Stone of remembrance
- Listing information
- STONE CROSS (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
- History
- 1999: SOME OF THE LETTERING IS MISSING
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Cornwall Family History Society, www.cornwallfhs.com/cornwallswarhistory/maps/war-memorials-2/lelant/, accessed 8 May 2023
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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