Memorial at High Spen
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Memorial at High Spen
Image: © Trevor Littlewood Taken: 20 Dec 2020
An unusual memorial outside the primary school at High Spen. It commemorates two solders awarded VCs in WW1 - William Dobson and Thomas Young. There are blue plaques on the nearby wall. The monument consists of a rusted iron panel cut with the shape of a soldier in battle dress beyond which is a stone slab inscribed with the names of the two soldiers. A short length of rail track connects the iron and stone as if the first is a mine entrance; both soldiers were coal miners and both survived the war.
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Image Location
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54.929721
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-1.784309