
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- North Cornwall
- Town
- Launceston
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9244
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Current location
Town centre
Town Square
Launceston
North Cornwall
Cornwall
PL15 8AA
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 33158 84561
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Elaborate, hexagonal Eleanor Cross on a six stepped base. Crests of The Prince of Wales, Lancaster, Cornwall and DCLI are on an open fret work top. Tablets on sides of cross carry the commemorations and names.
- Inscription
- Commemoration - TO THE / IMMORTAL HONOUR OF / THOSE FROM THIS TOWN / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR KING & COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WARS 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 Stone marking commencement of the memorial - THIS STONE WAS LAID BY / HRH EDWARD PRINCE OF / WALES & DUKE OF CORNWALL / MAY 25 1921
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Philp, E
Poole, H
Raymond, H
Sandercock, P
Savage, W
Sharp, J R
Sillifant, R S
Slee, J B
Sleeman, S T
Snell, C
See details for all 27 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 34
Served and returned: 0
Died: 34
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 83
Served and returned: 0
Died: 83
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 6000 mm, height 9500 mm, width 6000 mm
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- LAUNCESTON 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
- Launceston
- WMO ID: 245562
- Condition: Good [last updated on 14-10-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Cornwall Family History Society, www.cornwallfhs.com/cornwallswarhistory/maps/war-memorials-2/launceston/, accessed 7 May 2023
- Historic England grade 2 listing: building reference 10552240
- Carter Postcard Collection
- War Memorials Online, www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/245562, accessed 7 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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