Reference WMO/284757
Address:
Tehidy Former Mansion and Sanatorium (Clock Tower House)
Tehidy Park (Private Estate)
Camborne
TR14 0TH
England
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- First World War (1914-1918)
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The Cornwall War Memorial was originally a mansion, park and grounds which were purchased by the county war committee and gifted to the County Council. A tablet with the dedication is located in the front hall of Clock Tower House on what is now a private estate. The clock tower above the property (part of the property) is the tower of remembrance referred to on the inscription THE MANSION, PARK AND RESIDENCES OF TEHIDY/ WERE PURCHASED BY A FUND SUBSCRIBED TO PERPETUATE IN/ A HOUSE OF BENEFIT FOR LIVING CORNISHMEN AND CORN-/ISHWOMEN A PROUD MEMORIAL OF THEIR DEAD, WHO IN HEALTH/. LAID DOWN THEIR LIFE TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY. /1914 - 1918 /THE TITLE DEEDS WERE HANDED OVER THE COUNTY COUN-/CIL OF CORNWALL ON WHIT-MONDAY 1916/ON THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 25TH THE MAIN MANSION/WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AND HAS SINCE BEEN REBUITLT IN ITS/PRESENT FORM/THE TOWER OF REMEMBRANCE WAS ERECTED BY SPECIAL SUB-/SCRIPTION IN GRATITUDE TRIUMPHANT OVER DEATH AND DIFFICUL-/TY THROUGH THE DIVINE MERCY./ MAJOREM HAC DELECTIONEM NEMO HABET
The memorial is to 6,300 Cornishmen and Cornishwomen who lost their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1918.
Grade II (England)
1328152
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