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Reference WMO/135328

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Passmore Edwards Hall

A3047

Blackwater

Truro

TR4 8SY

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Standing on the south side of the A3047 outside the Passmore Edwards Hall.An ornately carved Celtic wheel cross upon a three-tiered base, surrounded by eight posts, all constructed from granite. On the front face of the upper tier of the plinth are commemorated the names of 9 men who fell in WW1, headed by one officer and then listed in alphebtical order of surname, showing ranks, initials, decorations and units. Below this on the next tier down are listed the names of 8 men who died in WW2, listing just initials and surnames. On the remaining three faces of the upper tier, listed in surname alphabetical order and displaying initials, are the names of 78 men, and one woman (at the end) who also served in WW1.
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(Front face) IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. (Names) ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE 1939-1945 WAR. (Names) (North face) TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE BLACKWATER AND DISTRICT MEN WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY 1914-1919. (Names) ALSO IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED 1939-1945.

(Front face _ WW1 who died) CAPT. J.S.OATES, D.C.L.I., PTE. FRED BAWDEN, M.M., PTE. T.COCKING., BOM. J.CORTIS, R.F.A., GUNNER J. JENKIN, R.F.A., PTE. C.PHILLIPS, D.C.L.I., PTE. G.POLLARD, D.YEOMANRY., PTE. W.P.SANDERCOCK, D.C.L.I., PTE. H.SPARGO, CANADIAN FORCES. _______________ (WW2) G. COCKING, F. COOPER, B. COLE, P. CARPENTER, J. H. KNIGHT, F. PARRIS, L. SEABROOK, A. K. WARE. (North face - served) BAWDEN, W.J., BAWDEN, R., BILLING, H., CASEY, J., COAD, G., COCKING, H.E., COLLINS, S., COLLINS, J., DABB, F.H., DAVEY, C., FAULL, F.O., FAULL, J.T., FOWLER, H., GRAINGER, S.J., GILLARD, F., GILLARD, W.K., GILLARD, A., GILL, H., GERRANS, W., HOOPER, J.J., HOOPER, W., JONES, J.H., (East face) JENKIN, S.P., JENNINGS, W., JENKINS, S.H., JENKINS, T., JOHNS, H.E., JOSE, G., KEMP, S., LANYON, A., LANYON, R., MITCHELL, H., MUGFORD, J., MANUEL, S., MORFORD, V.G., MOYLE, W., MADDERN, G.L., MEWTON, W., NORTHEY, J., NOTT, W., OATES, W.R., OATES, E.H., PAULL, H., PAULL, R.F., PEARSE, S.H., PEARSE, H., PETERS, W., PERRYMAN, B., PRYOR, G., PRYOR, J., (South face) PRIEST, F., PHILLIPS, J., POOLEY, J.C., POOLEY, H., RICHARDS, S.J., ROBERTS, A.H., ROBERTS, S.J., ROSEWALL, E., SANDOE, S.G., SANDERCOCK, J.H., SYMONS, W., SYMONS, M., STEPHENS, W., SKINNER, W., SCOBLE, H., SCOBLE, W., SPARGO, R., TIPPET, S., THOMAS, E.A., TREGAY, J., THOMAS, W., TREVAINS, E.J., UREN, A., VERCOE, J.C., WARD, A.P., WARD, A.A., WRIGLEY, F., WHITFORD, E., C.M.JENKINS, V.A.D.

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