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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- High Peak
- Town
- Buxton
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 53165
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Current location
The present church was originally the Sunday School.
Buxton United Reformed Church
Hardwick Square East
Buxton
High Peak
Derbyshire
SK17 6PT
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 060 764
Denomination: United Reformed
- Previous locations
- Congregational Church
Hardwick Terrace
Buxton
High Peak
Derbyshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Congregational
- Congregational Church
- Description
- A brass plaque with a laurel pattern down each side.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE YOUNG MEN FROM THIS CHURCH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ OF 1914-1918/ THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED/ AS A TOKEN OF LASTING/ GRATITUDE FOR THEIR/ SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE/ (NAMES?)/ ALSO THE SIX MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945/(Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Beadle, H Noel
Cregan, Neville G
Davey, Frank
Dawson, Harold Brookes
Furness, Frank
Goodwin, Ernest
Hoy, Harold
Innes, Percival
Jackson, William
Lister, Howard
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, decorations
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- www.buxtonwarmemorials.co.uk/others.html
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