Egloskerry village War Memorial

A village war memorial, unveiled in August 1921.

MATERIALS & PLAN: Cornish granite with inset lead lettering. The cross stands in the village churchyard, to the west of the Church of St Keria (Grade II). It is a cross with shaft and stepped base rising from a platform which has obelisk-shaped piers to the corners.

The cross head takes the form of a Celtic wheel head. It has round, cushion-shaped bosses to the arms and at the centre and the arms are flared at their ends. The shaft is tapered and rises from a base of three steep steps, below which is a platform. Four obelisk-shaped pillars stand at the corners of a paved enclosure surrounding the monument and are linked by chains. Inscribed on the top step of the base is the following wording: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF EGLOSKERRY / WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918’. On the step below are the names of the fallen. The bottom step is inscribed ‘THEY LIVE FOR EVERMORE / 1939 – 1945’. Below this are the names of the Fallen. A paved path leads from the monument to the churchyard entrance.

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, 1 September 2017.