
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Penwith
- Town
- St. Ives
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 2nd November 1922
Attended by: Lady Hain of Treloyham Manor - Unveiled
Date: 29th October 1950
Attended by: Canon H.W.R. Roberts, Chancellor of Diocese of Truro - Dedicated
Date: 2nd November 1922
Attended by: Rev. S. Colliver Williams, Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (2)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9279
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Current location
St. Ives Parish Church
Market Square
St. Ives
Penwith
Cornwall
TR26 1LE
England
OS Grid Ref: SW 51808 40528
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Three-stepped base surmounted by pedestal, tapering shaft and Celtic Cross. Celtic knotwork design on the side of the cross face and shaft. Inscription on sides of the pedestal with names on bronze plaques on other sides. Whole stands on a raised area enclosed by a low wall with tiled roof. WW2 names on plaque placed on memorial wall at one end of the memorial garden.
- Inscription
- North face: IN/ PROUD AND GRATEFUL/ MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF ST. IVES/ WHO IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 &/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ GAVE THEIR ALL/ AND IN GIVING/ RAISED MEN'S IDEALS OF WHAT/ MAN MAY BECOME/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE South face: LEST WE FORGET Other sides: (NAMES) WW2 PLAQUE: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Babbage, H Ivan
Baragwanath, W W
Beckerleg, Stephen
Beckerleg, S Trevor
Berriman, Samuel
Best, Arthur H
Bidgood, Richard Quick
Blewett, John J
Burston, C W
Campbell, Robert
See details for all 93 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 93
Served and returned: 0
Died: 93
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, initial, forename
Order of information: Surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 109
Served and returned: 0
Died: 109
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials, gender
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- History
- C 1950: DEDICATORY INSCRIPTION ON THE CROSS CHANGED TO INCLUDE WW2
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Penwith District Council
- Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
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