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Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Restormel
Town
Gorran Churchtown, St Austell
County
Cornwall
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
26251

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Current location

Outside the main entrance to St Goran Church.
St Goran Church
Main Road
Gorran Churchtown
St Austell
Restormel
Cornwall
PL26 6HW
England

OS Grid Ref: SW 99952 42302
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Celtic wheel cross with octagonal head and tapering square shaft, surmounting a two stepped base and a rectangualr plinth. Inscription is on the lower base in black lettering. Celtic knotwork design carved in relief on the shaft and face of the cross.
Inscription
6 O'CLOCK FACE: TO ALL ONE HUNDRED AND SIX IN NUMBER WHO FROM THIS/ PARISH WENT TO FIGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY BY LAND/ AND SEA AND AIR IN THE GREAT WAR AD1914 - 1919. 3 O'CLOCK FACE: SIXTEEN GAVE THEIR LIVES, THEY ALL BY THEIR/ COURAGE AND DEVOTION HELPED TO SAVE THE/ WORLD FROM TYRANNY AND WRONG/ ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE IN NUMBER FIVE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR II/ 1939 - 1945 12 O'CLOCK FACE: THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY INHABITANTS OF ST GORAN WHEN PEACE WAS DECLARED AD 1919 9 O'CLOCK FACE: THANKS BE TO GOD WHO HATH GIVEN US THE VICTORY
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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