Bodmin in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)

Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Memorial

Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 6, 2018

1. Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Memorial

Inscription. Erected
By the DCLI
To Their
Glorious Dead
255 Officers
4027 Other Ranks
1914 — 1919
I
France & Flanders 1914 – 1917
Italy 1917 – 1918
France & Flanders 1918 – 1919
VI
France & Flanders 1915 – 1918
IV
India 1914 – 1916
Southern Arabia (Aden) 1916 – 1917
Egypt and Palestine 1917 – 1919
VII
France & Flanders 1915
Macedonia 1915 – 1919
Reserve and Training Bns
III · 2nd – IV · 3rd – Iv · 2nd – V · IX · XI · and XII
( inscribed on the stone ring at the base )
I
India 1939 – 1940
Iraq 1941
Cyrenaica 1942
United Kingdom 1942 – 1945
IV
United Kingdom 1939 – 1944
VI
United Kingdom 1940 – 1942
L
United Kingdom 1939 – 1940
In Proud Memory Of
Their Comrades Who
Gave Their Lives
1939 – 1945
And All Members Of
The Regiment
Who Were Serving
With Other Corps
1939 – 1945
XXX
United Kingdom 1941 – 1943
North Africa 1943 – 1944
Eritrea 1944 – 1945
VII
United Kingdom 1940 – 1941
V
United Kingdom 1939 – 1944
Northwest Europe 1944 –

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1945 II
France & Belgium 1939 – 1940
United Kingdom 1940 – 1943
North Africa 1943
Italy 1943 – 1944
Greece 1944 – 1945

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 50° 27.928′ N, 4° 42.922′ W. Memorial is in Bodmin, England, in Cornwall. It is at the intersection of St Nicholas Street (England Route B3268) and Castle Canyke Road, on the right when traveling north on St Nicholas Street. Located in front of Cornwall’s Regimental Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Bodmin, England PL31 1EG, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South West England.

Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean,

in the North Atlantic Region,

on the Atlantic Arc,

in Europe,

on the Celtic Fringe,

in Atlantic Europe,

on one of the British Isles,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: U.S. Army 29th Infantry Division Memorial

Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 6, 2018

2. Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Memorial

(a few steps from this marker); Bodmin Militia Stores Keep (a few steps from this marker); RAF Linguists Association (a few steps from this marker); Bodmin War Memorial (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Bodmin Beacon (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); The Trafalgar Way (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Sir Arthur Quiller Couch House (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); In Memory of Private Richard Masters (approx. 10.1 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bodmin.

Also see . . . Bodmin Keep: Welcome to Cornwall’s Army Museum. Website homepage (Submitted on December 14, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 6, 2018

3. Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Memorial

Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 6, 2018

4. Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Memorial

Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 6, 2018

5. Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Memorial

Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 6, 2018

6. Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Memorial

One of the Inscriptions on the Ring at the Base

Credits. This page was last revised on December 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 4, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 255 times since then and 5 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 4, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.