Cold Ashton War Memorial

A churchyard war memorial commemorating the fallen of both World Wars, of c1945 and built by the Bodmin Granite Company.

MATERIALS: of rock-faced Bodmin Granite with inset lead lettering

DESCRIPTION: rectangular on plan and in section. It is south facing and has a wheel-head cross of Celtic outline, with tapered shaft. Below this is a tapered plinth which stands on a stepped podium. The lower shaft bears the wording ‘FOR / KING / AND / COUNTRY’. The plinth has a projecting, ashlar plaque with smooth surface and cusped border, which reads ‘IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN / TWO GREAT WARS / 1914-1918 – 1939-1945 / (Names)’. Below the names lettering reads: “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”. The rear and flanks are bare, save for a small plaque on the east side which is inscribed ‘BODMIN GRANITE Co. / BODMIN’.

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, 11 January 2017.