War Memorial at Landue Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 2011. War memorial.

War Memorial at Landue Bridge

WRENN ID: silent-dormer-ridge
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Cornwall
Country: England
Date first listed: 31 August 2011
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

The granite war memorial consists of a three-stepped base; the lower step is concrete, surmounted by a plinth, tapered shaft and a Celtic cross. The base of the shaft and the plinth carry an inscription in raised metal block capital letters which reads:

“ERECTED IN / GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF / THIS PARISH WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE WAR, / 1914 – 1918. / (NAMES) / “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT / A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.” / 1939-1945 / (NAMES)

The inscription remembers twelve men who died in WW1 and three men who died in WW2.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 13 December 2016.

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