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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
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
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial

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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.
Title

War Memorial

Date

early C20th

Medium

bronze & granite

Accession number

TR1_TJ_S027

Work type

War memorial

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

30/07/93

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

stamped: Joseph Whitehead London; A. B. Burton Thames Ditton

Inscription description

inscriptions are on vertical bronze panels on each of the four faces

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Located at

Boscowan Street, Truro

TR1 2ES

At the east end of Boscowan Street with the junction of Princes Street, in front of the Coinage Hall.