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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Restormel
- Town
- Charlestown
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9295
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Current location
ST PAULS CHURCH
Charlestown
Restormel
Cornwall
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 036 521
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- SIMPLE CELTIC CROSS MOUNTED ON SQUARE PLINTH AND SINGLE STEP. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING ON TWO SIDES OF THE PLINTH. CELTIC KNOTWORK DESIGN CARVED ON THE SHAFT AND FACE OF THE CROSS
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE: IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF CHARLESTOWN/ AND HOLMBUSH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919./ (NAMES)/ "THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE" 12 O'CLOCK FACE: 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/ "HE THAT OVERCOMETH SHALL INHERIT ALL THINGS,/ AND I WILL BE HIS GOD, AND HE SHALL BE MY SON"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anstiss, J
Condy, E J
Coombes, R
Eden, W
Giddy, T
Hicks, E C
Hicks, W S
Hoskin, T
Hurley, A
Larcombe, A
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: Random - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials
Order of information: Surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth c1320mm, height c3600mm, width c1620mm
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
- CHARLESTOWN AND HOLMBUSH
- WMO ID: 114070
- Condition: Good [last updated on 02-05-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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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