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    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    Townshend

    Townshend Lads

    Source: Copyright Mike Guttridge

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    Current Location

    The chapel is now a private house., Outside the former Townshend Wesleyan Chapel., Bunkers Hill, Townshend, Kerrier, Cornwall, TR27 6AG, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SW 59182 32923

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    © WMR-69066

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    69066
    Description
    Celtic cross set on a tapering shaft, plinth and base. The inscription is on the 6 o'clock shaft of the cross in black lettering. WW1 names on face of plinth below with WW2 on a separate tablet at the base.
    Inscription
    Shaft of Cross - TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF TOWNSHEND LADS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919. Plinth - (WW1 Names)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. Tablet - GREAT WAR 1939 - 1945/ (WW2 Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    4
    Died
    4
    Information shown
    Forename, surname.
    Order of names
    Surname.
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    5
    Died
    5
    Information shown
    Forename, surname.
    Order of names
    Surname.

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good