Buxton’s main War Memorial is a magnificent 8 m. high Sandstone Obelisk, adorned with a carving of a Winged Victory, standing proudly overlooking the town on ‘The Slopes‘. (pictured left soon after its unveiling)

It was unveiled on the 18th September 1920 and displays three bronze panels bearing the names of 315 men and 1 woman who gave their lives in the Great War. On the rear side of the Memorial’s supporting plinth is a similar bronze plaque bearing the names of 132 men and 1 woman from the town who gave their lives in the Second World War.

However, as with many towns, the former outlying villages – now suburbs – have their own Memorials, often as separate structures and/or included in Parish Churches. Add to those Memorials at workplaces, schools, in streets and attached to buildings, the town has a rich and varied number of Memorials to commemorate its War dead.

Buxton Cemetery is an official CWGC (Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery), containing a Cross of Sacrifice, along with the graves of local men who succumbed to their wounds away from the Battlefields

Among these local graves are Canadian soldiers, as the Devonshire Hospital, the Empire and Palace Hotels, among others, were designated Canadian Hospitals.