St Andrew's Church War Memorial, Redruth

A First World War memorial, dedicated 1919; altered after the Second World War.

MATERIALS: Granite, oak and bronze.

DESCRIPTION: The memorial takes the form of timber Calvary with a bronze of the crucified Christ, below a pitched canopy. The cross stands on a square plinth, above two steps and a base. The principal face of the plinth is inscribed in lead lettering TO THE GLORY OF GOD / IN REVERED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF REDRUTH / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919 / 1939 - 1945. On the step below is the inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS, and on the step below THE DEAD SHALL HEAR THE VOICE OF THE SON OF GOD. The base is carved in relief with the inscription INVICTIS PAX. On the rear of the plinth is the inscription REST ETERNAL GRANT THEM, O LORD / LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM / MAY THEY REST IN PEACE. AMEN. The cross arm of the crucifix on the rear is carved with JESU MERCY; this was originally gilt.

After the Second World War the dates 1939 – 1945 were added in lead lettering below the dates of the First World War. The canopy has been replaced or altered, as historic photographs show it with decorative pierced barge-boards.