History
The memorial was erected in 1920, having been commissioned from J A Gotch. The land which the Memorial sits was given to the people of the parish by the Duke of Buccleuch. The slate panels were added after the Second World War. In 2005 a War Memorials Trust grant was used to clean and re-point the memorial.
Details
The war memorial stands in the triangular Hall Hill market square close to the scheduled Market Cross. Some 6m high overall, it comprises a limestone cross with PROWESS/ COUNTRY/ ENDURANCE/ [illegible] in raised lettering around the base of the shaft. The shaft is set on a tapering plinth with slate panels. One slate panel is inscribed IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE TWO GREAT WARS (NAMES). The remaining three panels are inscribed with names only. The plinth is set on a two-stage square base.
To Find the Cache you will to find the following: -
The number of steps down to the War Memerial = A
The number of balls on the nearby village sign = B
The number of steps on the nearby Market Cross = C
The final location is N52 27.CB(A+B+C) W000 36.(B*C)(A+C)(B*C). Check sum = 63
***** PLEASE NOTE IMPORTANT *****
CACHES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE PLACED ON ACTUAL MEMORIALS OR WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF SUCH
AT ALL TIMES PLEASE TREAT LOCATIONS OF MEMORIALS WITH RESPECT