War Memorial in St Andrew's Churchyard

A First World War memorial erected in 1920.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is carved from Cornish granite and consists of a Celtic cross on a square shaft mounted on a three-stepped octagonal base. At the centre of the cross-head is a carved representation of the Crucifixion. At the base of the shaft is a relief carving of a crown and a laurel wreath, the emblem of victory, and beneath this on the upper step is the inscription: 1914 GREAT WAR 1919. The inscription to the three front (north) faces of the middle step reads: THEY WHOM THIS CROSS COMMEMORATES ARE NUMBERED AMONG THOSE WHO AT THE / CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDNESS / FACED DANGER, AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN, BY / THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR / OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM. LET THOSE WHO COME / AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEY BE NOT FORGOTTEN.

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, 15 December 2016.