Memorial to Louisa AM McGrigor

The memorial to Louisa A. M. McGrigor was unveiled in 1921 in her honor, as she died while serving in the Cornwall Voluntary Aid Detachment during the First World War. It is made of rough-hewn granite stone and features a slate plaque. The memorial consists of a two-stepped square base topped by a tapered pedestal, a Tuscan column, and a stone lantern. On the south side of the pedestal, there is a recessed slate slab with the dedication that reads: ‘IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ LOUISA A. M. MCGRIGOR/ COMMANDANT V.A.D. CORNWALL 22/ WHO DIED ON SERVICE, MARCH 31 1917./ ERECTED BY HER FELLOW WORKERS IN/ THE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY, WOMEN/ UNIONISTS ASSOCIATION, BOY SCOUTS,/ GIRL GUIDES AND FRIENDS.’ Below this dedication is an adaptation of an extract from the poem, Epilogue by Robert Browning: ‘ONE WHO NEVER TURNED HER BACK BUT MARCHED/ BREAST FORWARD, NEVER DOUBTED CLOUDS WOULD/ BREAK, NEVER DREAMED, THOUGH RIGHT WERE WORSTED,/ WRONG WOULD TRIUMPH, HELD WE FALL TO RISE ARE/ BAFFLED TO FIGHT BETTER. SLEEP TO WAKE.’