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Falmouth and World War 1 > Sea Front //
Key places of World War 1 interest along the Sea Front:
2 - Gyllyngvase Beach
6 - War Memorial (former site)
7 - Gyllyngdune Gardens
8 - Falmouth Hydro Hotel (former site)
9 - Falmouth Hotel
2 - Gyllyngvase Beach Swimming Gala - 8 September 1915
The gala raised money for the ‘War Hospitals Supply Department’. A grandstand and tents were erected on the beach, and races were held from a raft moored off shore.
6 - War Memorial (former site)
Erected in 1920, the War Memorial was removed to its present location in Kimberley Park in 1975, as veterans
found it too exposed to attend seafront services.
7 - Soldiers relaxing in Gyllyngdune Gardens, 1914 - 1918
The Gardens
were opened in 1907 and the Pavilion built in 1910, for the enjoyment of both
visitors and residents of Falmouth.
8 - Royal Duchy Hotel, formerly the Pendennis Hotel
Originally named the Pendennis Hotel when built in 1893. In 1915 it was taken over by the
War Department for use as a military hospital. Many of the staff were from Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachments. After the War it became the Falmouth Hydro.
9 - 105 Company Royal Garrison Artillery marching by the Falmouth Hotel
105 Company
Royal Garrison Artillery marching along the seafront. Rear Admiral Sir John S.
Luard who headed the Naval Base at Falmouth stayed at the hotel until the end
of the War.
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