Lower Hardres War Memorial

First World War memorial, unveiled in 1920, with later additions.

MATERIALS: Cornish granite with painted lead lettering. Limestone lower step.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands on a triangle of land at the junction of School Lane and Hardres Court Road. It consists of a roughhewn granite wheel cross with a sword carved in relief on its front face. The shaft rises from a roughhewn, boulder style, plinth on a two stepped base. The top step is granite, the lower of limestone flags.

The inscription at the base of the shaft reads ‘IN/ PROUD AND/ IMMORTAL/ MEMORY/ OF’, continuing on the plinth with ‘THE MEN CONNECTED WITH THIS/ PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ (25 NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE’. The names record the rank and regiment/ship.

A further inscription for the seven fallen of the Second World War has been added to the rear of the memorial. Again this begins at the bottom of the shaft ‘THESE ALSO/ GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ 1939 – 1945’ with the names listed on the plinth. The names record rank and arm of service.

The cross sits on a small area of limestone paving.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 27 February 2018.