War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial

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A three-stepped base surmounted by a pedestal and a tapering shaft with Celtic cross. There is Celtic knotwork design on the side of the cross face and shaft. There are inscriptions and bronze plaques with names on the sides of the pedestal. The memorial stands on a raised area enclosed by a low wall with tiled roof. A plaque placed on the memorial wall at one end of the memorial garden lists the names of the fallen from the Second World War.
Title

War Memorial

Date

1922 with addition in 1950

Medium

stone

Accession number

TR26_TJ_S040

Work type

War memorial

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

2nd November 1922

Inscription description

north face: IN / PROUD AND GRATEFUL / MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF ST IVES / WHO IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945 & / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / GAVE THEIR ALL / AND IN GIVING / RAISED MEN'S IDEALS OF WHAT / MAN MAY BECOME / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERYMORE. south face: LEST WE FORGET; other sides: (names); plaque commemorating soldiers from the Second World War: (names)

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Located at

St Andrews street, St. Ives

TR26 1RZ