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The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry War Memorial was raised by the regiment to commemorate the 4,282 men of the regiment killed in the First World War. The regiment served in a number of theatres throughout the war, and suffered particularly heavy losses during the Third Battle of Ypres (the Battle of Passchendaele), with one battalion reduced to a fighting strength of 70 men by the 6th November 1917. The surrounding walls were added in 1950 with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War, and unveiled in a ceremony on 13 August 1950.

Title

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry War Memorial

Date

1922–1924

Medium

bronze on granite plinth

Accession number

PL31_TJ_S009

Work type

War memorial

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II* (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

17 July 1924

Listing date

07/01/94

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

L. S. MERRIFIELD. Sc. 1922. A. B. BURTON. FOUNDER.

Inscription description

on front (north west) face, a bronze cast of the coat of arms of the Duke of Cornwall surrounded by a laurel wreath, and with the motto: ONE AND ALL; front face: ERECTED / BY THE / DCLI / TO THEIR / GLORIOUS DEAD / 255 OFFICERS / 4027 OTHER RANKS / 1914-1919; the other faces all carry a bronze laurel wreath surrounding the number of a battalion, clockwise from the front face they are inscribed: I / FRANCE & / FLANDERS / 1914 – 1917 / ITALY / 1917 – 1918 / FRANCE & / FLANDERS / 1918 – 1919 // IV / INDIA / 1914 – 1916 / SOUTHERN / ARABIA / (ADEN) / 1916-1917 / EGYPT AND / PALESTINE 1917 – 1919 // VI / FRANCE & / FLANDERS / 1915 – 1918 // VIII / FRANCE & / FLANDERS / 1915 / MACEDONIA / 1915 – 1919 // X / FRANCE & / FLANDERS / 1916 – 1919 // V / FRANCE & / FLANDERS / 1916 – 1919 // II / FRANCE / AND / FLANDERS / 1914 – 1915 / MACEDONIA / 1915 – 1919 //; on wall: IN PROUD MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES 1939-45 AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT WHO WERE SERVING WITH OTHER CORPS 1939-45

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