https://derbyshirewarmemorials.com/ddales/14392/14392.html

Francis Frith photo, dated 1923 (prior to the construction of the roundabout): https://www.francisfrith.com/bakewell/bakewell-war-memorial-1923_73890

Aspects of Dales' Life Through Peace and War, by Keith Taylor (published by Country Books, Bakewell, 2007); ISBN 978 1 901214 89 5

Derbyshire Times - Saturday 17 July 1920 (page 6) reported: At a meeting of the War Memorial Committee, held at the Bakewell Town Hall on Friday last, it was stated that arrangements for the erection of the monument in the centre of Rutland Square, to the memory of Bakewell men who fell in the war, are complete, and that the unveiling ceremony will take place shortly. The Rev. E. Spink presided, and Mr. E. L. Hoyle, hon. secretary of the General Committee, remarked that it had been stated in connection with the monument that the meetings had been held in a hole and corner fashion. That was not the case. For a length of time past the Committee had nothing to report. Something definite had now been done. The actual stonework was in the hands of a Matlock builder, and a Tideswell gentleman would inscribe the names on the cross. Replying to a letter from the Urban Council, who had purchased the Bath Gardens, and enquiring whether the Committee had altered their opinion with regard to the site in the Square, he replied on behalf of the Committee that the best site was the one originally decided upon in the Square. Accordingly the Council unanimously passed a resolution in favour of it also; one member, who had not favoured this particular site, frankly withdrew his opposition. The contract price for the Stone, which would be obtained locally, was £300. The amount did not include the cost of engraving the names, erecting the monument, etc. Contributions amounted to £382, and it was practically certain that the whole of this would be absorbed. With reference to the site, the Chairman said the Square, the most prominent place in the town, was to his mind the best site. It was impossible to show too much honour and respect to the men who had gone and had not come back'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000541/19200717/180/0006

Belper News - Friday 30 July 1920 (page 6) reported: 'The erection a fine memorial cross in Rutland Square, Bakewell, to the immortal memory of the gallant soldiers who fell in the great war, is being proceeded with, and the work will probably be completed this week in readiness for the unveiling and dedication ceremony. Somehow or other, and we have always held this opinion, we cannot help thinking that the Memorial Committee have acted most unwisely in placing this beautiful monument almost in the centre of what is now, and will certainly become more so in years to come, one of the busiest thoroughfares in the town. The idea prevailing in most towns and in view of the great increase in traffic, especially heavy motor char-a-bancs in the future is to amplify, if possible, rather than restrict open public spaces. Certainly that does not appear to be the case at Bakewell. It is a course we feel sure which will be regretted sooner or later. By putting back the wall and railings of the Bath Gardens (now the property of the town, it must remembered) a distance of eight yards on the Rutland Square side of the Square itself would for a small town have become one of the largest in the county, and traffic, instead of being greatly retarded, as it undoubtedly will be, could be more easily dealt with. As we regard the position, however, and the opinion is also shared those in authority to speak, the memorial, standing [within] a few yards of one of the most awkward and dangerous corners in the whole district, will, we are sorry to think, become a menace to public safety'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001538/19200730/075/0006

Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal, Friday 6th August 1920 (page 23) reported: 'A war memorial cross has been erected in the centre of Rutland Square, Bakewell. It stands 25-feet high, and is of local stone'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001084/19200806/529/0023

Belper News - Friday 10th September 1920 (page 6); report (headlined 'BAKEWELL’S MONUMENT. HANDED OVER TO THE COUNCIL’S CARE), mentioned that 'Dead flowers are not to be allowed to remain on the Bakewell war memorial cross, this decision being arrived at by the Bakewell Urban Council at their meeting last week. Mr Alfred Buxton, J.P., presided, others present being Messrs W. Bramwell, A. Cresswell, J. H. Beel, F. Lomas, H. C. B. Taylor, W. Bradbury, G. Frost, A. Cresswell, with the Clerk V. R. Cockerton), and other officials...'. [The report included mentioned that: 'The Vicar of Bakewell (the Rev. E. Spink) wrote offering, on behalf of the subscribers, the war memorial cross in Rutland Square to the safe keeping of the Council, and expressing the hope that it would not be put to any improper uses. The Chairman said that on behalf of the town and Council he accepted the gift. He wished, he added, and he did this with the utmost kindness, that the friends and relatives of the fallen would remove the floral tributes when they became dead on the monument, otherwise this would be done by the Council employees. He (the Chairman) also hoped that the people would bring flowers worthy of the occasion']. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001538/19200910/079/0006

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