St Clement War Memorial, Truro

A First World War memorial, built after 1919.

MATERIALS Granite, lead.

DESCRIPTION The memorial stands on the east side of a crossroads to the north of Truro city where Tregolls Road, Union Hill (A390), the A39 and Belvedere meet.

The memorial is a wheel-head Celtic cross with carved knotwork to the head and rectangular shaft. The head comprises ‘triqueta’ patterns within the arms and scroll decoration on the shaft on the west face. The other faces are plain. The cross stands on a cushion-shaped and tapering plinth on a flat base. The front (west) face bears the commemoration of the 14 men lost in the First World War under the inscription ST CLEMENT / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / HONOUR & RIGHT / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. Below the list of names is the inscription BEING DEAD YET SPEAK. The lettering is in lead.