Memorial Title

Buxton

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a war memorial at Buxton, Derbyshire, comprising a figure with obelisk and plaques, erected on The Slopes.

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Locations

Last known location:
Public gardens
The Slopes
The Crescent
Buxton
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
SK17 6BH

NGR:
SK 05851 73476 ±5m
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Location details:
The Slopes is an area of steeply sloping public gardens laid out with grass, trees and paths on the site of the former St Ann's Cliff. The memorial is in the centre of it.

Type

Overall type: Figure.

Overall condition: Fair. The inscriptions are legible and the memorial is cared for.

Description:

An imposing monument of which the most prominent component is a cast bronze figure of Victoria, the Roman goddess of victory, represented by a winged figure with victor's laurel raised in the left hand and a downward pointing sword of peace in the right hand. The sculptor's name is at the foot. The figure stands before an obelisk and both components surmount a decorative plinth, a pedestal, a plain lower plinth and a two-stepped base.

The sandstone ashlar obelisk has a stepped and pyramidal top above a bronze band bearing, on each face, a lion's head between stiff-leaf panels. At the foot of the other three faces are tapered projecting panels bearing bronze plaques containing the names of the WW1 fallen and surmounted by a bronze laurel wreath with ribbons.

The decorative plinth has, on three sides, a plain ovolo moulding above an inverted plain cavetto moulding, but on the fourth side it projects to form a semicircular support for the figure and the sculptor's name is incised on the corner. The oblong base has a curved front bearing a bronze inscription below the figure and has bronze plaques on two of its faces, each added after subsequent conflicts. It surmounts a plain plinth with hollow chamfered top. The two-stepped base also has a curved front.

The various bronze plaques have plain narrow raised borders with inscriptions and names in raised upright capital block or roman lettering.

The whole memorial originally stood within a paved area but subsequent restoration projects have added a low surrounding wall with steps providing access from higher and lower levels of the sloping site.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Figure	Bronze	c2730	c1050	c1100	Fair
Obelisk	Ashlar sandstone	c5400	1050	900	Fair
Decorative plinth	Sandstone	580	1335	1490	Fair
Pedestal	Ashlar sandstone	c950	c1500	c1750	Fair
Plain plinth	Sandstone	c300	1636	1830	Fair
2-stepped base	Ashlar sandstone	135	2850	2980	Fair
Plaque x 2	Bronze	1070	510	10	Fair
Plaque	Bronze	1070	625	10	Fair
Plaque	Bronze	685	1155	15	Fair
Plaque x 2	Bronze	150	510	10	Fair
Wreath x 3	Bronze	c300	c350	c50	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

6 o'clock face of pedestal:

PRO PATRIA
1914 ✢ 1919
1939 ✢ 1945

Foot of figure:

L. F. ROSLYN

Decorative plinth:

L. F. ROSLYN. R.B.S.
SCULPTOR, LONDON

Plaque on 3 o'clock face of obelisk:
(WW1 names
M - Y)

PTE.	G. MITCHELL	PTE.	C. SLACK
"	W. MITCHELL	"	B. A. SMITH
"	W. MORTON	"	B. H. SMITH
"	T. MOSLEY	"	C. H. SMITH
"	C. MYCOCK	"	W. H. STABLEFORD
"	H. M. MYCOCK	"	W. STADEN
"	G. W. MYCOCK	"	A STARKEY
"	C. K. NADEN	"	J. STENSON
"	H. NALL	"	P. STREET
"	J. R. NICHOLS	"	S. STREET
"	S. NORTON	"	M. SWEATMORE
"	H. ORGILL	"	G. J. SYKES
"	R. PASCOE	"	H. TAYLOR
"	R. P. PEACOCK	"	H. THOMPSON
"	J. PEARSON	"	F. THORPE
"	J. P. PILKINGTON	"	T. H. TIDESWELL
"	J. W. PINDER	"	J. W. TURNER
"	A. W. H. PLANT	"	A. L. VICKERS
"	C. POOLE	"	A. WARDLE
"	H. PORTER	"	M. C. WARDLE
"	J. P. PORTER	"	R. WARDLE
"	W. POWELL	"	K. WEAVER
"	G. PROCTOR	"	J. C. WHEATLEY
"	T. RADFORD	"	G. WHEELDON
"	G. J. RAWLINSON	"	J. WHEELDON
"	J. RAWLINSON	"	J. A. WHEELDON
"	A. RILEY	"	S. WHEELDON
"	W. H. RILEY	"	N. WHIELDON
"	J. RILEY	"	W. WHITEHALL
"	J. R. RILEY	"	A. WILLIAMS
"	G. W. ROBINSON	"	F. C. WILLIAMS
"	H. ROBINSON	"	O. WILLIAMS
"	J. M. ROBINSON	"	A. WILLIAMSON
"	A. ROGERS	"	E. WILLIAMSON
"	H. SHACKLEFORD	"	T. C. WILSON
"	S. B. SHAW	"	H. WILTON
"	W. B. SHAW	"	M. WILTON
"	G. E. SHELDON	"	W. A. WYNCH
"	T. SIDEBOTHAM	"	J. WINKLE
"	A. SIGLEY	"	F. WINTERBOTTOM
"	B. SIMPSON	"	J. H. WOOD
"	R. SIMPSON	"	P. WOOD
"	G. SIMS PTE. J. FOWLER-WOOLISCROFT
"	S. SKELLINGTON	PTE.	F. WOODWARD
"	W. SKIDMORE	"	R. YATES

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Upper plaque on 3 o'clock face of pedestal:
(Cyprus and Afghanistan names)

IN MEMORIAM
CYPRUS EMERGENCY	AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT
Spr. PONSONBY, G	Mne. TAYLOR, S. G.

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Lower plaque on 3 o'clock face of pedestal:
(Palestine and Korea names)

IN MEMORIAM
PALESTINE CONFLICT	KOREAN WAR
Pte. SLACK, F. J. W. [**]	Cpl. RICHARDSON, J.
[ ** Pte Slack is buried in Egypt and is listed by CWGC as a WW2 casualty.]

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Plaque on 12 o'clock face of obelisk:
(WW1 names
B - M)

LC.CPL.	G. E. BELFIELD	PTE.	W. E. G. BAGSHAW	PTE.	E. GARSIDE
"	R. BRAMWELL	"	J. M. BAINBRIDGE	"	W. J. GENT
"	W. BRINDLEY	"	R. BALL	"	E. GIBBONS
"	W. P. CLARKE	"	F. C. BALMER	"	E. P. G. GODDARD
"	H. B. DAWSON	"	G. BENNETT	"	E. GOODWIN
"	J. FERRIS	"	S. G. BENNETT	"	T. O. F. GOODWIN
"	P. INNES	"	W. BENNETT	"	W. GOODWIN
"	S. T. KELLING	"	W. BENNETT JR.	"	W. B. GORDON
"	W. LUFF	"	W. E. BENNETT	"	F. GREEN
"	G. McARTHUR	"	W. T. BENNETT	"	T. GREEN
"	A. MOSS	"	W. M. BERESFORD	"	J. F. GRICE
"	A. PHILLIPS	"	H. BESWICK	"	S. GULWELL
"	P. PORTER	"	V. BIGGIN	"	G. HALLOWS
"	A. REDFERN	"	E. BIRCHENALL	"	J. HAWLEY
"	E. STREET	"	J. BLACKBURN	"	J. W. HEATHCOTE
"	CHAS. WOODWARD	"	HY. BLACKWELL	"	H. HEINTZ
"	C. WOODWARD	"	HT. BLACKWELL	"	G. S. HEWITT
GNR.	G. CALEY	"	G. W. BLACKWELL	"	F. HODDER
"	W. H. FINNEY	"	T. BLOOD	"	E. E. HOLMES
"	J. GOODWIN	"	D. BLOOD	"	F. HOLMES
"	W. JACKSON	"	F. W. BRAIN	"	L. HOLMES
"	J. W. JOPLING	"	A. BRAMWELL	"	V. R. HOLMES
"	W. VOLANS	"	A. G. BROWN	"	T. B. HORN
SIGNR.	F. J. BOWDER	"	L. BROWN	"	R. L. HOW
DVR.	R. FLINT	"	H. S. BRUNT	"	R. E. HOWE
"	H. HOY	"	J. E. BURGES	"	H. JOHNSON
BGR.	F. HALLAM	"	A. BURGESS	"	J. JOHNSON
SAPR.	J. W. FOX	"	H. BURGESS	"	J. KEELING
"	F. FURNESS	"	H. BURGON	"	J. H. KIEL
"	L. GARRICK	"	F. BUTLER	"	G. KIRKHAM
"	G. GOODWIN	"	A. CHANTREY	"	H. KNOWLES
"	J. HARRISON	"	S. CLAYTON	"	E. LABAN
"	JOE. HARRISON	"	A. COPELAND	"	M. LAIT
"	A. KITCHEN	"	H. CRITCHLOW	"	A. LEDGER
"	C. LEEKE	"	A. K. DANIELS	"	J. S. LEIGH
"	J. MYCOCK	"	J. DANIELS	"	W. LIMER
"	G. RAYNS	"	A. DICKEN	"	A. H. LINDOP
"	H. SIMPSON	"	H. DITCHFIELD	"	F. LOMAS
"	G. WARRINGTON	"	J. DRABBLE	"	H. LOMAS
"	W. T. WINSTANLEY	"	A. EVANS	"	J. D. MACBEAN
RFLMN.	G. E. BLINCO	"	H. D. EVISON	"	J. D. MARCHINGTON
TRPR.	H. M. BURTON	"	H. EYRE	"	C. W. MELLOR
"	W. GREGORY	"	B. FEARN	"	J. MELLOR
"	W. J. LEE	"	F. FINLOW	"	A. MILLER
PTE.	A. ARNOLD	"	C. FRANCIS	"	J. MILLWARD
"	A. BAGSHAW	"	J. W. FRANCIS	"	G. MITCHELL

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Plaque on 12 o'clock face of pedestal:
(WW2 names)

1939 — IN MEMORIAM — 1945
ROYAL NAVY	H. M. MILITARY FORCES			ROYAL AIR FORCE
Col 1	Col 2	Col 3	Col 4	Col 5

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Columns 1 and 5 of plaque on 12 o'clock face of pedestal:
(WW2 names)

[Column 1]	[Column 5]
ROYAL NAVY	ROYAL AIR FORCE
CHAPPELLE, J. E.	BESWICK, G. E.
COOK, G.	BOWDEN, W. W.
CREGAN, N. C.	BUNDOCK, A. R.
CROFT, W. E.	FALLOWS, W. A.
GOODWIN, D. F.	GOODWIN, C. D.
HARRIS, F.	GREENHALGH, D. N.
HARTLAND, G. B.	HAYES, T. A.
HINDLE, R. E.	HANDLEY, G. L.
JONES, H. W.	HARBY, W.
KAY, J. W. H.	HARDING, E. T.
KIDSON, S. G.	HEWITSON, L. B.
LAMB, A. T.	MELLOR, A. L.
LINDSAY, G. F.	MELLOR, F.
McGEE, T. H.	MOSS, F.
ROBINSON, V. E.	MYCOCK, G. B.
WATSON, R.	NESBIT, J. H.
WOOD, A. E.	PARKIN, L. H. W.
	PENNYSTONE, C.
	PERKIN, W. G.
	ROBERTS, J. K.
MERCHANT NAVY	WALLIS, F. A. S.
LEES, J.	WEBBE, N.
MUSGROVE, C.	WOODCRAFT, R. T.

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Columns 2, 3 and 4 of plaque on 12 o'clock face of pedestal:
(WW2 names)

H. M. MILITARY FORCES
ADAMS, R. J.	ELLIS, J. M. W.	PEARCE, A. S. R.
ASHWORTH, R. J.	FARNELL, D.	PENNYSTONE, G.
AYRE, J. F.	GOLDEN, J.	PORTER, A. E.
BATTERSBY, W. J.	GOODWIN, J.	PORTER, F. D.
BEADLE, H. N.	GOULD, M	PORTER, R.
BEDDOES, J.	GREEN, E. W.	REDFERN, H. E.
BELFIELD, J. R.	GYTE, F.	RICHARDSON, G.
BENNETT, L.	HANCOCK, W.	RICHARDSON, J.
BENNETT, J.	HAWLEY, L. W.	RILEY, R.
BESWICK, R.	HEATH, H.	ROBINSON, C. V.
BRINDLEY, B.	HENRIQUES, D. J. Q.	ROCKACH, A. H.
BROWN, J. E.	HOLROYD, L.	SIDDALL, A.
BROWN, P.	HOWELL, L.	SLACK, F. J. W.
BURGESS, J.	HOYLE, R.	SMITH, J.
BURTON, L. G.	JOHNSON, W.	SMITH, T.
CARR, W. W.	JONES, G. F.	SUTTON, J.
CARTLEDGE, R. V.	LAMB, P.	TEBB, A. L.
COTTERILL, R. L.	LEE, S.	THOMPSON, G. A.
CRANSHAW, N.	LOBLEY, J.	THOMSON, B.
CRUDDAS, J.	LOBLEY, JOYCE.	TUNNICLIFF, W.
DAVEY, F.	MACONOCHIE, M. I.	UPTON, W. H.
DAVIES, A.	MORTON, T.	WALKER, T. W.
DAVIES, J. W.	MYCOCK, H.	WILBOURNE, C. L.
EDGE, T.		WRIGHT, S.

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Plaque on 9 o'clock face of obelisk:
(WW1 names)

ROYAL NAVY
LT. COM.	F. T. BRADE	SNR.MARC.OPR.	C. W. PEKIN
PMR. LT.	L. NEEDHAM, D.S.C.	ABLE SEAMAN	F. C. McCRERIE
SUB.-LT.	H. S. P. SHAW	STOKER	H. MILLWARD
SISTER	L. C. CHAMBERLAIN, A.R.R.C.	"	D. OSMOND
H. M. MILITARY FORCES.
LT.-COL.	C. B. JOHNSON	LIEUT.	D. M. RIGBY
LT.-COL.	E. J. WALTHEW, M.C.	"	G. C. N. WARDLEY
MAJOR	J. H. BOARDMAN	"	A. G. R. WHITWORTH
MAJOR	H. SHAW	"	C. L. WILKINSON
COMDT.	T. H. SHAW	SGT.	R. BENNETT
CAPT.	E. H. BRITTAIN M.C.	"	W. BENNETT
"	L. C. B. CLARKSON	"	W. BROOMHEAD
"	T. P. GIBBONS	"	R. BRUNT
"	A. F. KINGDON	"	W. DRAGE, M.M.
"	W. H. LISTER, D.S.O. M.C.	"	F. DUNHAM
"	W. H. McKINLEY	"	W. FOWLES
"	H. T. DE LA MOTTE, M.C.	"	F. GOODWIN
"	G. SIDEBOTHAM	"	J. BOOTH MILLWARD
"	A. L. DE. C. STRETTON, M. C.	"	F. G. PEGG
"	C. H. S. VAUDREY	"	W. C. PERKIN
"	N. VAUDREY	"	J. G. PICKFORD
"	J. A. YOUNG	"	H. PLANT
LIEUT.	G. W. ADAM	"	W. S. ROBERTS
"	C. A. BROWN	"	F. H. SHENTON
"	W. L. BROWN	"	R. STARKEY
"	W. E. BRUNT	LC.SGT.	T. J. GREEN
"	J. C. CRAWFORD	CRPL.	J. J. BARRETT
"	R. I. DONCASTER	"	J. L. BARRETT
"	J. K. GARNETT	"	P. BERRISFORD
"	S. M-B. HILL	"	J. BLACKWELL
"	G. E. HOLMES	"	J. E. DANIELS
"	J. F. HORSFIELD	"	T. H. FARLAM
"	J. A. HOWE	"	H. GOODWIN
"	F. A. INNES, M.C.	"	J. LLOYD
"	S. F. JEFFCOAT	"	P. MELLOR
"	R. E. KNIGHT	"	F. MIDGLEY
"	H. S. LAWSON	"	W. MILLWARD
"	A. F. R. LINAKAR	"	H. SELLERS
"	E. G. LORD	"	J. SELLORS
"	W. McQUINN, M.C.	"	F. G. SPENCER
"	K. NOWELL	"	F. STANDBRIDGE
"	W. PEARSON	"	W. WEBSTER
"	R. POWELL	BOMB.	A. ASHWORTH
"	A. T. RAILTON	LC.CPL	E. BENNETT

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Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Second World War (1939-1945)	Jewish Insurgency in Mandatory Palestine (1945-1948)	Korean War (1950-1953)	Cyprus Emergency (1955-1960)	Afghanistan Conflict (2001-2014)	Totals
Action or event	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated
Number died	314	113	1	1	1	1	431
Number served and returned	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total names	314	113	1	1	1	1	431

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be High Peak Borough Council

Local authorities:
From WW1: Buxton Parish Council, Buxton Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Unparished, High Peak Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History and Conservation

1919-1920: The memorial was designed and produced by Louis Frederick Roslyn RBS, sculptor.

18th September, 1920: The memorial was unveiled by Lt Gen Sir Ivor Maxse KCB CVO DSO, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Northern Command, and dedicated by Rev Canon Dr Scott-Moncrieff MA DD RD, sometime vicar of Buxton.

Unknown date: The plaque bearing WW2 names was added.

1st November, 1968: The Buxton Central Conservation Area was first designated. The memorial lies within it. The area is subject to Article 4 Restrictions.

1994: The Slopes was refurbished.

31st January, 1997: The memorial was listed as Grade II, Heritage List for England number 1257856.

6th March, 2000: The Slopes was listed as a Grade II Park and Garden, Heritage List for England number 1001456.

2010: The plaque bearing names for Palestine and Korea was added.

2015: The plaque bearing names for Cyprus and Afghanistan was added.

29th August, 2018: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition and cared for.

References

Sheffield Daily Independent; 15th September, 1920; p5 col4: a brief statement about the forthcoming unveiling ceremony.

Derbyshire Advertiser; 25th September, 1920; p7 col3: photographs and a report of the unveiling ceremony.

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