Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Cornwall
- Town
- Bodmin Moor
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 4th September 1954
Attended by: Assistant Bishop of the diocese and The Vicar of St. Breward (the Rev. F. H, J. Hurford) - Unveiled
Date: 4th September 1954
Attended by: General Sir G. Ivor Thomas (wartime commander of the division) - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9352
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Current location
Summit of Rough Tor
43rd Wessex Memorial
Roughtor Road
Bodmin Moor
North Cornwall
Cornwall
PL32 9QG
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 14462 80724
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Bronze plaque with a Wyvern decoration above the inscription mounted on the base rock face of the tor.
- Inscription
- (DRAGON) / ROUGH TOR ON WHICH THIS/ MEMORIAL IS PLACED HAS/ BEEN GIVEN TO THE NATION/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE/ SERVING IN THE 43RD (WESSEX)/ DIVISION IN THE NORTH-WEST/ EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN 1944/45
- 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
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- Listing information
- Earlier prehistoric hillfort with incorporated and adjacent cairns, chamber and medieval chapel on the summit ridge of Rough Tor and Little Rough Tor
- Grade Not Applicable to this List Entry
- 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
- Summit of Rough Tor (43rd Wessex)
- WMO ID: 152116
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 03-10-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: Rough Tor presented to the nation by Sir Richard W Onslow as a memorial to the officers, N.C.O.'s and men of the 43 (Wessex) Division who lost their lives in the 1939-45 - Responsibility
- National Trust
- Reference
- West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser - Thursday 09 September 1954 ROUGH TOR MEMORIAL TO WESSEX DIVISION FALLEN Plaque In Massive Rock Unveiled by Ge, Sir Ivor Thomas
- Cornish Guardian - Thursday 08 September 1966 ROUGH TOR IN HEART OF BODMIN MOOR 'Will These Heights Keep Their Ancient Grandeur?' Asks Michael Tresellian "A relatively recent addition to the hill is the memorial to the 43rd Wessex Division, sadly scarred by the initials of the vandals."
- Cornish Guardian - Thursday 09 September 1954 ROUGHTOR SUMMIT MEMORIAL TO WEST COUNTRY SOLDIERS 200 SEE PLAQUE DEDICATED TO WESSEX MEN'S GALLANTRY 5th D.C.L.I. BRAVERY IN NORMANDY REMEMBERED
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