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Latitude: 50.5938 / 50°35'37"N
Longitude: -4.3374 / 4°20'14"W
OS Eastings: 234656
OS Northings: 79725
OS Grid: SX346797
Mapcode National: GBR NM.CV0Y
Mapcode Global: FRA 17TH.D25
Plus Code: 9C2QHMV7+G2
Entry Name: War Memorial at Landue Bridge
Listing Date: 31 August 2011
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1403224
Also known as: Lezant Parish War Memorial
ID on this website: 101403224
Location: Cornwall, PL15
County: Cornwall
Civil Parish: Lezant
Traditional County: Cornwall
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Church of England Parish: Lezant
Church of England Diocese: Truro
Tagged with: War memorial
War memorial, 1921, constructed of roughly hewn granite.
The granite war memorial consists of a three-stepped base; the lower step is concrete, surmounted by a plinth, tapered shaft and a Celtic cross. The base of the shaft and the plinth carry an inscription in raised metal block capital letters which reads:
“ERECTED IN / GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF / THIS PARISH WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE WAR, / 1914 – 1918. / (NAMES) / “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT / A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.” / 1939-1945 / (NAMES)
The inscription remembers twelve men who died in WW1 and three men who died in WW2.
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, 13 December 2016.
At a Public Meeting on the 17 November 1919 it was agreed that a granite cross be erected at Landue Bridge, on land given by Mr Tregoning of Landue, to commemorate those who lost their lives during the WW1. The cost of the memorial was met by public subscription. The war memorial was unveiled on Sunday, 15 May 1921.
An inscription honouring those who died during WW2 was added later.
The war memorial at Landue Bridge, located on the A388, and erected in 1921 to commemorate the fallen of WW1, is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: it has strong cultural and historical significance within both a local and national context as an eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community;
* Architectural interest: an elegant war memorial which takes the simple form of the Celtic cross, befitting its sombre purpose.
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