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Title
War Memorial
Date
1919
Medium
Stancliffe stone & bronze
Measurements
H 190 x W 70 x D 36 cm
Accession number
DE4_HC_S088
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Derbyshire Dales District Council
Custodian
Derbyshire Dales District Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
29th November 1919
Access
at all times
Inscription description
front face of cross: THEY / GAVE THEIR LIVES / MIGHT / ASSAILS / 1914; rear face of cross: FOR / RIGHT AND LIBERTY / RIGHT / PREVAILS / 1918; tablet: THEY DIED FOR US / (Names) / and gained / The CROWN of LIFE; urn: DONATED BY / MATLOCK CIVIC / ASSOC / 1996; around base: ERECTED / by the inhabitants of / STARKHOLMES / and RIBER / In HONOUR of the SOLDIERS / from these Villages / Who GAVE their LIVES for / RIGHT and LIBERTY / in the GREAT WAR of / 1914 - 1918