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Current location
On coastal pathway
overlooking Falmouth Bay
Pennance Point
South West Coat Path
Falmouth
Carrick
Cornwall
TR11 5BG
England
OS Grid Ref: SW 80265 30590
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Slatted seat with two stone legs and back bracket. On square stone base. Behind seat on raised ground is a free standing obelisk of stone blocks with the inscription relating to the seat.
- Inscription
- "FOR FREEDOM"/ THIS SEAT AND THE PATH LEADING/ THERETO HAVE BEEN PROVIDED/ AS A MEMORIAL TO THE MEN OF/ NUMBER 1 (FALMOUTH) COMPANY/ OF THE/ HOME GUARD/ WHO DURING 1940, 41, 42, 43, 44,/ AFTER THEIR DAYS WORK/ NIGHTLY PATROLLED THIS COAST/ ARMED AND VIGILANT AGAINST/ GERMAN LANDINGS/ THUS THEY WATCHED 1000/ DAWNS APPEAR ACROSS THESE/ GREAT WATERS WHICH FORM/ OUR COUNTRY'S MOAT.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- 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
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Seat
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone, Wood - Other structure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Seat
- 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
- Falmouth Company of the Home Guard
- WMO ID: 198184
- Condition: Good [last updated on 04-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2010: Restoration carried out with the support of War Memorials Trust. 2008: The seat has been vandalised several times. It has been re-cleaned.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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