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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Penwith
Town
Madron
County
Cornwall
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
33576

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Current location

Immediately to the right inside the north door
beneath stained glass window
ST MADDERN CHURCH
Madron
Penwith
Cornwall
TR20 8SP
England

OS Grid Ref: SW 45346 31813
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Grey slate tablet in the shape of a 'flattened' cross, set within a white stone frame. Incised inscription in white lettering and oak leaves cut into bottom right hand corner of frame. Laurel leaves cut into bottom left hand corner of frame. Roll of Honour in a display case beneath the memorial.
Inscription
1914 1919/ To the praise of God/The giver of victory/and in grateful remembrance of all who /served and suffered in the Great War/especially of the men who went from this/Parish and died for their King and Country/Their bodies rest waiting for the Resurrection Day/in the sea, Flanders, France, Italy, Macedonia,/Palestine, Mesopotamia, East Africa and England/Their memorial memory hallowed in the land they loved/"If I should die think only this of me/That there's some corner of a foreign field/that is forever England."
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Slate
  • Frame
    Measurements: depth 70MM, height 730MM, width 1290MM
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Madron Parochial Church Council

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