War memorial
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War memorial
Image: © John M Taken: 22 Apr 2017
The war memorial in the Market Place records the 667 names of men from Chapel-en-le-Frith who served in the Great War by year of enlistment of whom 79 were killed. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Derbyshire/Chapel-en-le-Frith.html provides further details. A third of the recruits enlisted in 1914 and many served with 'B' Company 1/6 Battalion Sherwood Foresters on the Western Front.
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Image Location
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