Memorial

Matlock Bath

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On the south side of the road at the eastern end of North Parade., Promenade Gardens, North Parade (a6), Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, DE4 3AL, England

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SK 29610 58374

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Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast group
WMR Reference Number: 2122
Description: A white Carrara marble sculpture of a uniformed soldier and sailor holding the British flag, on a tall square grey Cornish granite pedestal bearing the inscriptions and names. The soldier is wearing khaki service dress with infantry puttees and the sailor is in Ratings No 1 dress. They are standing one each side of a stone cairn and holding a billowing Union Flag. The pedestal is of compound construction. At the top, forming a base for the sculpture, is a moulded capstone with dentiles below and this surmounts a plain frieze which has the opening inscription on the 6 o'clock face. The main central pillar is formed from oblong slabs decorated at the top corners with short pilasters with dentilated capitals and bearing the inscriptions and names on the faces and resting on a plain thin plinth with a further inscription on the 6 o'clock face. Below the pillar is a base, also of compound construction, with a moulded capstone, a plain central section with a laurel wreath in relief on the 6 o'clock face and a projecting deep plinth with moulded upper edges. The whole surmounts a plain two-step ashlar base and is encircled by kerbstones and a narrow flower bed.
Inscription: (Frieze on 6 o'clock face): OUR GLORIOUS DEAD (6 o'clock face of pedestal): IN/ HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF MATLOCK BATH/ WHO GAVE THEIR ALL/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR OF NATIONS/ 1914-1919/(Names) (Lower edge of pedestal on 6 o'clock face): "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" (9 o'clock face): DUTY NOBLY DONE,/ HONOUR BRAVELY WON,/ LOYAL HEARTS NOW REST,/ BY GOD'S PEACE NOW BLEST. (Later addition at head of 12 o'clock face of pedestal): ALSO IN/ HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (Names) (Original lettering at foot of 12 o'clock face of pedestal): ERECTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION BY THE INHABITANTS OF MATLOCK BATH (Line spacing and lettering styles not known) (3 o'clock face of pedesta)l: GREATER LOVE/ HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS (12 o'clock face of plinth): BERESFORD, BELPER

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 22
Died: 22
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of names: Alphabetical by surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

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