Description

REDRUTH VICTORIA PARK
SW 74 SW
6/315 War Memorial
II
War memorial. 1920's. Granite ashlar. Octagonal obelisk mounted on tall square
pedestal with chamfered base and diagonal buttresses, a panel in each side of
the pedestal with raised lettering, that on the west:-
THE TRIBUTE OF
REDRUTH
TO HER
GLORIOUS DEAD
1914-1918
followed by applied metal lettering:-
TO LIVE IN HEARTS
WE LEAVE BEHIND
IS NOT TO DIE
An added panel let into the chamfered base has raised lettering:-
AND IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES
1939-1945
The panels in the other sides of the pedestal have names in applied metal
lettering, 161 for the 1st World War and 66 for the 2nd World War

Listing NGR: SW7027441767

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, 13 December 2016.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435341

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)