Memorial

Launceston

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Current Location

Town centre, Town Square, Launceston, North Cornwall, Cornwall, PL15 8AA, England

SX 33158 84561

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 9244
Description: Elaborate, hexagonal Eleanor Cross on a six stepped base. Crests of The Prince of Wales, Lancaster, Cornwall and DCLI are on an open fret work top. Tablets on sides of cross carry the commemorations and names.
Inscription: Commemoration - TO THE / IMMORTAL HONOUR OF / THOSE FROM THIS TOWN / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR KING & COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WARS 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 Stone marking commencement of the memorial - THIS STONE WAS LAID BY / HRH EDWARD PRINCE OF / WALES & DUKE OF CORNWALL / MAY 25 1921

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 83
Died: 83
Information shown: surname, initials
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: The one female casualty has her regiment/unit and rank identified

Cross

Height: 9500 mm

Width: 6000 mm

Depth: 6000 mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Carter Postcard Collection
Historic England grade 2 listing: building reference 10552240
Cornwall Family History Society, https://www.cornwallfhs.com/cornwallswarhistory/maps/war-memorials-2/launceston/, accessed 7 May 2023