Standing in the centre of the cobbled street in the centre of Truro is a bronze statue of a soldier, rifle in left hand and holding his helmet above his head in his right hand. The statue is mounted on a granite plinth upon a two-tier base. Each face is surmounted by either a crest or a wreath in bronze, below which on each face is a vertical bronze panel listing the names of those who died in the First World War. The lower tier of the front face bears a general commemoration for the Second World War, but without names. Below the names on the front face are two additional bronze plaques, one to commemorate those who fell in the Falklands War of 1982, and one to Olaf S. G. Schmid, who fell in Afghanistan and was awarded the George Cross posthumously.