Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- North Cornwall
- Town
- St Merryn
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9259
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Current location
In the Churchyard
St Merryn Church
St Merryn
North Cornwall
Cornwall
PL28 8ND
England
OS Grid Ref: SW 88641 74141
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Celtic cross on tapered plinth and two stepped base: knotwork design on the cross.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THOSE YOUNG MEN OF THIS / PARISH / WHO IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / FOR KING AND COUNTRY / (NAMES) / 1939-1945 / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bennett, E J R
Bennett, Ernest
Bennett, John Francis
Bray, William James
Brenton, R
Duffy, J T
Ellery, F J
Fletcher, G J
Harding, Frank
Hawken, Archie Woolcock
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Base
- 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
- PARISH MEMORIAL CROSS - WW1 AND WW2
- WMO ID: 97974
- Condition: Good [last updated on 30-05-2018]
- 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/st-merryn/, accessed 5th July 2023
- For a better set of images not obscured by poppy wreaths: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/97974/
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