The War Memorial, Hadfield
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The War Memorial, Hadfield
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 9 Oct 2012
The Hadfield war memorial is located on the corner of Station Road and Railway Street, outside the library. It is famous for being shown in the starting credits of the TV comedy show 'League of Gentlemen' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_League_of_Gentlemen_(comedy) ) The memorial is (almost) identical to that in Glossop (Image]), consisting of a stone monument on a multi-stepped base and topped by a statue of an angel holding a laurel wreath. The metal panels on the base name those residents of Hadfield who lost their lives in the two world wars. The inscriptions are: (on the stone plinth) PRO PATRIA. (on the WWI) panel IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF HADFIELD WHO IN THE GREAT WAR GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY. 1914 - 1918. Their name liveth for evermore. and (on the WWII panel) IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 The list of names from the panels has been transcribed at http://www.carlscam.com/hadfield/warmem.htm (Carl’s Cam)
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Image Location
Latitude
53.461373
Longitude
-1.966525