Page 5 - Memorial Book intro Mousehole

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The cenotaph takes the shape of an obelisk.
The Base is enriched with floral wreaths
and simple mouldings.
It is constructed of Sheffield granite and crowned with a pointed apex stone......
It is difficult to imagine anything more simple and yet impressive and dignified.
Indeed the memorial for Mousehole is beautiful and worthy to be placed in a much larger town....
It cost a total of £370 and was unveiled on 18th December 1920
The inscription reads:-
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OFTHE 36 MEN WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE AND ALL THOSE WHO SERVED
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 –1919
NOTE:-
The armistice signalling the end to hostilities was declared in November 1918 but it was not until the signing of the Treaty at Versailles in 1919 that peace was formally agreed
between the conflicting nations.
Percy Harvey’s memos record :-
The Peace celebrations had already taken place in Mousehole on 17 July 1919
5 August 1919 am.– a party went to Penzance for the plans pm.—pricing the project
22nd July 1920 pm.-pitching out the base
23rd July 1920 pm.—work started on the base of the memorial