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
- 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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- GORRAN CHURCHTOWN
- WMO ID: 97929
- Condition: Good [last updated on 18-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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