Lake War Memorial

The Lake War Memorial is a First World War memorial that includes additional inscriptions for the Second World War and the Malayan Emergency. It is made from carved Cornish granite and is located at the junction of Lake Hill and The Fairway.

The memorial features a rough-hewn granite wheel cross with a tapering shaft, which is set upon a tapering plinth and a square base. A longsword is intricately carved in raised relief on the cross, with the crossguard of the sword aligning with the junction of the cross’s shaft and crossarm.

The south face of the plinth has the inscription: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ WHO GIVETH US THE VICTORY/ AND IN MEMORY OF OUR HEROIC DEAD/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." The west face states: "THE PEOPLE OF LAKE/ HAVE ERECTED THIS MEMORIAL/ IN HONOUR OF THE/ 210 LAKE MEN WHO SERVED/ THEIR COUNTRY BY LAND/ SEA AND AIR/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1920/ 1939 – 1945." The east face bears the inscription: "O RISEN LORD/ O SHEPHERD OF OUR DEAD/ WHOSE CROSS HAS BOUGHT THEM/ AND WHO STAFF HAS LED/ IN GLORIOUS HOPE THEIR PROUD/ AND SORROWING LAND/ COMMITS HER CHILDREN/ TO THY GRACIOUS HAND/ J.S. ARKWRIGHT."

On the north face of the plinth, a granite tablet commemorates: "TO COMMEMORATE/ THE BRAVE MEN OF LAKE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ DURING ACTIVE SERVICE IN/ WORLD WAR II 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)/ MALAYA 1948 – 1960/ (NAME)/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."