Memorial

43rd Wessex Division

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Current Location

Summit of Rough Tor, 43rd Wessex Memorial, Roughtor Road, Bodmin Moor, North Cornwall, Cornwall, PL32 9QG, England

SX 14462 80724

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 9352
Description: Bronze plaque with a Wyvern decoration above the inscription mounted on the base rock face of the tor.
Inscription: (DRAGON) / ROUGH TOR ON WHICH THIS/ MEMORIAL IS PLACED HAS/ BEEN GIVEN TO THE NATION/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE/ SERVING IN THE 43RD (WESSEX)/ DIVISION IN THE NORTH-WEST/ EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN 1944/45

Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: Rough Tor presented to the nation by Sir Richard W Onslow as a memorial to the officers, N.C.O.'s and men of the 43 (Wessex) Division who lost their lives in the 1939-45

Unveiled

4th September 1954

General Sir G. Ivor Thomas (wartime commander of the division)

Dedicated

4th September 1954

Assistant Bishop of the diocese and The Vicar of St. Breward (the Rev. F. H, J. Hurford)

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Cornish Guardian - Thursday 09 September 1954 ROUGHTOR SUMMIT MEMORIAL TO WEST COUNTRY SOLDIERS 200 SEE PLAQUE DEDICATED TO WESSEX MEN'S GALLANTRY 5th D.C.L.I. BRAVERY IN NORMANDY REMEMBERED
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser - Thursday 09 September 1954 ROUGH TOR MEMORIAL TO WESSEX DIVISION FALLEN Plaque In Massive Rock Unveiled by Ge, Sir Ivor Thomas