Art and history students from Penryn College visited St Gluvias Cemetery on a grey Saturday morning as part of a project to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.

The pupils, accompanied by Ross Marshall from the college's art department and Miss Chapman of the history department, visited the graveyard along with Victor Williams of the Penryn branch of the Royal British Legion.

The students, assisted by Mr Marshall, have built a replica of a First World War tank with cash that had been secured for the project by the Royal British Legion and Penryn Town Council through the Heritage Lottery Fund, as part of the town’s World War One project.

The next step of the project is to carry out some research, which included a visit to the cemetery, to visit the town's war graves.

Councillor Mary May, who has been closely involved with the project, said: "Hopefully the students can now do some hands on research in and around servicemen in Penryn’s War Graves, especially World War One."

She added: "Hopefully some of the information will go into Penryn’s World War One commemorative book."

Having fallen into an untidy state, the overgrown graveyard had been tidied up in recent months through the work of the Friends of St Gluvias Cemetery.

The volunteer group has begun work on cutting grass and cutting back foliage to restore the graveyard following complaints about its rundown state by members of the public.