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Title
War Memorial
Date
1922
Medium
granite
Accession number
TR18_BH_S048
Work type
Obelisk
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
14th May 1922
Listing date
04/06/10
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on slate tablets attached to the sides of the plinth, north side: FOR GOD / PRO PATRIA; south side: FOR HONOUR / REMEMBER / IN HONOUR AND GRATITUDE / THOSE BRAVE MEN OF PENZANCE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO / THEIR COUNTRY'S CAUSE AND / FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / OF 1914 – 1919; west side: FOR KING/ [Names]; east side: FOR COUNTRY / [Names]; south side: FOR HONOUR