Memorial

Men of The Lake District

The tablet

Source: Copyright JM Bird

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Current Location

Summit of Scafell Pike at 3210 feet (977m), Scafell Pike, Scafell Pike, Copeland, Cumbria, CA20 1EX, England

OS Grid Reference

NY 21586 07182

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Land
WMR Reference Number: 3962
Description: Land of Scafell Pike with dedicatory local Buttermere slate tablet set into a stone cairn viewing platform which is placed at the summit. The memorial was built facing north in the cairn.
Inscription: IN PERPETUAL MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THE LAKE DISTRICT WHO FELL/ FOR GOD AND KING, FOR FREEDOM/ PEACE AND RIGHT IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918./ THIS SUMMIT OF SCAFELL/ WAS GIVEN TO THE NATION SUBJECT/ TO ANY COMMONERS RIGHTS & PLACED/ IN THE CUSTODY OF THE NATIONAL TRUST/ BY/ CHARLES HENRY, BARON LECONFIELD,/ 1919

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

History

Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: Gifted by Lord Leconfield, lord of the Manor to the National Trust on behalf of the nation, as a war memorial on the 25th September 1919.
Maintenance History: 2018- Cairn to be rebuilt by the National Trust, also paths on Scafell Pike & Great Gable repaired. to mark the centenary of the end of war. This programme will include a song cycle across the 12 mountains of The Great Gift and an exhibition by John Lewis-Stempel at Wordsworth House, Cockermouth called Where Poppies Blow about the role of nature in helping soldiers through the horrors of battle.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

24 August 1921

Mr Hamer, Secretary to the National Trust

Conservation

Custodian: National Trust

Components

Land

Condition: Good

Tablet

Height: 610mm

Width: 810mm

Depth: 8mm

Made from: Slate

Condition: Good

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Men of The Lake District

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

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Conservation

Components

Men of The Lake District

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

Components

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