Memorial details

Memorial type
Land
District
Copeland
Town
Scafell Pike
County
Cumbria
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 24 August 1921
    Attended by: Mr Hamer, Secretary to the National Trust
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
3962

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Current location

Summit of Scafell Pike at 3210 feet (977m)
Scafell Pike
Scafell Pike
Copeland
Cumbria
CA20 1EX
England

OS Grid Ref: NY 21586 07182
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Land of Scafell Pike with dedicatory local Buttermere slate tablet set into a stone cairn viewing platform which is placed at the summit. The memorial was built facing north in the cairn.
Inscription
IN PERPETUAL MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THE LAKE DISTRICT WHO FELL/ FOR GOD AND KING, FOR FREEDOM/ PEACE AND RIGHT IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918./ THIS SUMMIT OF SCAFELL/ WAS GIVEN TO THE NATION SUBJECT/ TO ANY COMMONERS RIGHTS & PLACED/ IN THE CUSTODY OF THE NATIONAL TRUST/ BY/ CHARLES HENRY, BARON LECONFIELD,/ 1919
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Land
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth 8mm, height 610mm, width 810mm
    Materials: Slate
Listing information
Condition
History
2018- Cairn to be rebuilt by the National Trust, also paths on Scafell Pike & Great Gable repaired. to mark the centenary of the end of war. This programme will include a song cycle across the 12 mountains of The Great Gift and an exhibition by John Lewis-Stempel at Wordsworth House, Cockermouth called Where Poppies Blow about the role of nature in helping soldiers through the horrors of battle.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Details: Gifted by Lord Leconfield, lord of the Manor to the National Trust on behalf of the nation, as a war memorial on the 25th September 1919.
Responsibility
National Trust
Reference

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