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Falmouth and World War 1 > The Moor //
Key places of World War 1 interest around the Moor:
15 - Drill Hall, Berkeley Vale
16 - Municipal Buildings and Market, Lower Moor
17 - World War 1 Tank
18 - Armistice Day
27 - Wellington Terrace School, Wellington Terrace
15 - Band outside the Drill Hall
This Drill Hall (now the Phoenix Cinema) was built in 1873 as the training centre for the 3rd Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall’s Rifle Volunteers. It continued to be a training base for the local Territorial Force both before and during WW1.
16 - The Moor from Wellington Terrace
Trevethan School (under the clock tower) was requisitioned in August 1914 for hospital use. A Market was situated next to the Passmore Edwards building. Every Saturday there was a stall collecting donations of produce and cakes for the patients at the Military Hospitals in the town.
17 - WW1 tank on display
After the war, the town's efforts in buying Government War Bonds and Savings Certificates were rewarded by the presentation of a WW1 tank. It arrived by train in 1919, drove down to the Moor under its own power and stayed until 1927 when it was removed for scrap.
18 - Falmouth Moor on Armistice Day
The reading of the Armistice at 12 noon on 11th November 1918 saw a huge crowd gather as the news spread.
27 - Wellington Terrace School
Former school buildings, such as Wellington Terrace School, were requisitioned as military hospitals. Children continued to be taught in other places, including the Friend’s Meeting House in New Street. The foundation stone for the school was laid by Miss Anna Maria Fox of Penjerrick on 22nd June 1897.
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