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Title
War Memorial
Date
1921
Medium
Cornish granite & Carrara marble
Measurements
H 200 x W 80 x D 80 cm
Accession number
DE4_HC_S076
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Matlock Bath Parish Council
Custodian
Matlock Bath Parish Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
1 May 1921
Listing date
12/02/18
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
plinth, front, base: BERESFORD, BELPER
Inscription description
frieze, front face: OUR GLORIOUS DEAD; pedestal, front face: IN / HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF MATLOCK BATH / WHO GAVE THEIR ALL / IN THE / GREAT WAR OF NATIONS / 1914-1919 /[Names]; pedestal, front face, lower edge: "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"; pedestal, left face: DUTY NOBLY DONE, / HONOUR BRAVELY WON, / LOYAL HEARTS NOW REST, / BY GOD'S PEACE NOW BLEST; pedestal, rear face: ALSO IN / HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR / 1939-1945 / [Names]; pedestal, rear, lower: ERECTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION BY THE INHABITANTS OF MATLOCK BATH; pedestal, right: GREATER LOVE / HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS