Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Land
- District
- Copeland
- Town
- between Seathwaite and Wasdale Head
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 10 November 2013
Attended by: John M Barrett, Club President
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3961
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Current location
Summit Cairn of Great Gable Mountain at 899 metres
Summit of Great Gable
between Seathwaite and Wasdale Head
Copeland
Cumbria
CA12 5SJ
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 21190 10281
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Area of land above 1500 feet in the Scafell and Great Gable area. Dedicatory metal plaque placed at the summit of Great Gable. Memorial contains a relief map showing Great Gable centre left, Scafell at foot of relief in the centre and Borrowdale in the North east and Ennerdale to the North west. Relief of the area is depicted at the top of the plaque.
- Inscription
- FELL & ROCK CLIMBING CLUB/ IN GLORIOUS & HAPPY MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED BELOW -/ MEMBERS OF THE CLUB - WHO DIED FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE EUROPEAN WAR/ 1914 - 1918. THESE FELLS WERE ACQUIRED/ BY THEIR FELLOW-MEMBERS & BY THEM/ VESTED IN THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR/ THE USE & ENJOYMENT OF THE PEOPLE/ OF OUR LAND FOR ALL TIME:-/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 10mm, height 910mm, width 460mm
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Fell and Rock Climbing Club
- WMO ID: 152254
- Condition: Good [last updated on 21-12-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- The old plaque was removed on 10th July 2013 by the Royal Engineeers. A replacement plaque was installed September 2013, also by the Royal Engineers. The old memorial was moved to the Armitt Museum, Ambleside- see WMA 69251 for full details.
- Costs
Comments: .
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Responsibility
- National Trust
- Reference
- 42 page booklet produced by the club in August 2014 with much detail about the memorial and the casualties- available from the club and the Armitt museum
- Fell and Rock Climbing Club Guide to the Lake District, Reference Section, pg 213 The Gable Memorial
- THIS ENGLAND, Winter 2000 'Silent and Bareheaded in the summit mists'
- T&A. Friday, November 6,1992 pg 29 'Peak tribute to fallen climbers'
- Letter from the National Trust 2nd January 1996
- FRCC Journal 1922-1924 pages 365-368 which includes a detailed map of the land which was part of the memorial scheme (at Armitt Library)
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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