THE CORNWALL WAR MEMORIAL (TEHIDY) IS A MEMORIAL TO 6200 CORNISHMEN AND CORNISHWOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. IT IS THE ONLY WAR MEMORIAL IN THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL COLLECTIVELY REMEMBERING ALL THOSE CORNISHMEN AND CORNISHWOMEN LOST IN THE CONFLICT. THE MANSION OF TEHIDY, PARKS AND RESIDENCES WERE PURCHASED BY DONATIONS RAISED BY LOCAL PEOPLE THROUGH THE CORNWALL WAR MEMORIAL COMITTEE. £20,000 WAS RAISED TO PURCHASE THE TEHIDY ESTATE AS A WAR MEMORIAL AND IT WAS TO BE USED AS A SANITORIUM TO TREAT TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS. A DEED OF GIFT WAS PRESENTED TO MR W C PENDARVES FOR THE COUNTY COUNCIL ON WHIT MONDAY 1918 BY VISCOUNT FALMOUTH, CHAIRMAN OF THE CORNWALL WAR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE. THE CLOCKTOWER ON THE GRADE 2 LISTED MANSION HOUSE (WITHIN THE PRIVATE ESTATE) IS THE TOWER OF REMEMBRANCE. A PLAQUE WITH A DETAILED INSCRIPTION WRITTEN BY SIR ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH (CORNISH AUTHOR) IS LOCATED IN THE HALLWAY OF THE NOW PRIVATELY OWNED RESIDENCE IN THE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL ESTATE FOLLOWING THE SALE OF THE HOSPITAL IN 1995. THE PLAQUE READS "THE MANSION PARK AND RESIDENCES OF TEHIDY WERE PURCHASED BY A FUND SUBSCRIBED TO PERPETUATE IN A HOUSE OF BENEFIT FOR LIVING CORNISHMEN AND CORNISHWOMEN A PROUD MEMORIAL OF THEIR DEAD, WHO IN HEALTH LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY 1914 - 1918. THE TOWER OF REMEMBRANCE WAS ERECTED BY SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTION IN GRATITUDE TRIUMPHANT OVER DEATH AND DIFFICULTY THROUGH THE DEVINE MERCY - MAJOREM HACDELECTIONEM NEMO HABET" (GREATER LOVE THAN THIS NO MAN HATH)

THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ERECT A STORY BOARD TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CORNWALL WAR MEMORIAL'S SIGNIFICANCE TO THE LOCAL AREA & THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL. TO REMEMBER THE 6,200 CORNISH MEN & WOMEN WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR. THE STORY BOARD WOULD BE SITED OUTSIDE OF THE CURTILAGE OF THE PRIVATELY OWNED ESTATE AT TEHIDY. THE COST OF THE BOARD'S PROFESSIONAL MANUFACTURE, GRAPHICS AND SITING HAS BEEN QUOTED AT £6,200. READ MORE ABOUT THE MEMORIAL AT www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk TYPE IN TEHIDY.

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