Memorial

Harpur Hill

Memorial Insitu

Source: Copyright Mike Berrell

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Current Location

Roadside in the forecourt of the Hoffman Bar., Burlow Road, Harpur Hill, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK17 9JD, England

SK 06385 71081

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Type of Memorial: Cairn
WMR Reference Number: 14276
Description: A cairn-like structure bearing a bronze plaque. The limestone cairn is formed from a base of stones fitted together in a random pattern, similar to the style of local dry stone walling, and supporting a massive boulder. The 6 o'clock face of the boulder bears a bronze plaque in the form of a scroll unfurled over a bound wreath of laurel and oak leaves. The scroll bears the inscription and names in upright capital raised block lettering, and the maker's mark is on the lower margin in similar but smaller lettering. The whole is surrounded by a low stone wall and chains.
Inscription: Plaque: TO THE/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF/ HARPUR HILL/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919 / (Names in 2 columns) Lower margin of plaque: L. F. ROSLYN R.B.S./ LONDON

Maker(s): Louis Frederick Roslyn RBS, Sculptor
Maintenance History: 1998: The whole memorial was restored. A new chain was provided following the loss of the old one. As early as 1981, however, the site of the Memorial came under pressure from conflicting demands. When the Memorial was first built it occupied a position in the open centre of the village next to a bowling green and club house built for the quarry workers. Had it not been for the work of Carol Gilman and her mother Betty Lindsay things might well have been worse. They lobbied the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and enlisted the help of Friends of the War Memorials, the Local Council and the Women's Institute. Eventually the Memorial was restored and is now a Grade 2 listed building.

Unveiled

25 March 1928

Major F H HEATHCOTE