Fell and Rock Climbing Club War Memorial
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The plaque is on the summit of Great Gable.
The Fell & Rock Climbing Club also gifted the surrounding land, including Great Gable, to the National Trust as a war memorial for those members who were killed in the First World War.
The inscription reads
FELL & ROCK CLIMBING CLUB
IN GLORIOUS & HAPPY MEMORY OF THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED BELOW- MEMBERS OF THIS CLUB-WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE EUROPEAN WAR 1914-1918 THESE FELLS WERE ACQUIRED BY THEIR FELLOW-MEMBERS & BY THEM VESTED IN THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR THE USE & ENJOYMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF OUR LAND FOR ALL TIME:- J.S.BAINBRIDGE: J.G.BEAN: H.S.P.BLAIR: A.J.CLAY: J.N.FLETCHER: W.H.B.GROSS E.HARTLEY: S.W.HERFORD: S.F.JEFFCOAT: E.B.LEES: S.J.LINZELL: L.J.OPPENHEIMER: A.I.PRICHARD: A.M.RIMER: R.B.SANDERSON: H.L.SLINGSBY: G.C.TURNER: B.H.WHITLEY: J.H.WHITWORTH: C.S.WORTHINGTON.