Tywardreath Highway War Memorial

War memorial, erected about 1920.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands within a small, paved enclosure alongside the road between St Blazey and Lostwithiel (A390). It takes the form of a granite obelisk on a tall, narrow plinth of polished stone which has a chamfered top. It stands on a square, two-stepped stone base. The front (north-west) face of the plinth is inscribed in black lettering THE HIGHWAY & NEIGHBOURHOOD/ WAR MEMORIAL./ THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY FREE-/ WILL OFFERINGS TO PERPETUATE THE/ NAMES, HERE RECORDED, OF THE MEN/ WHO SERVED DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE THAT/ PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ (NAMES)/ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN/ THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS/ LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.”/ “AND THANKS BE TO OUR GOD WHO/ GIVETH US THE VICTORY”. The three other faces record the names of the men from this community who returned from the conflict.