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Sept 2021

Last Updated: 10/09/2021
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Harrogate's 'forgotten' war memorial restored to former glory

by Thomas Barrett

| 12 Sept, 2021
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The memorial contains the names of 16 men from the Bilton and High Harrogate areas who lost their lives in the First World War. Work to restore it was completed by local builders Dean Alexander and Nathan Procter, who are both ex-servicemen.

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A dilapidated war memorial in Harrogate's Grove Road cemetery has been restored.

The memorial contains the names of 16 men from the Bilton and High Harrogate areas who lost their lives in the First World War.

When the nearby methodist church in which it stood was converted to flats, the memorial was relocated to the cemetery.

It was left in parts on pallets and had remained there since, almost forgotten in the undergrowth.




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  • Campaign to restore Harrogate’s ‘forgotten’ First World War memorial

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Paul Haslam, a Conservative councillor who represents Harrogate Old Bilton on Harrogate Borough Council and Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge on North Yorkshire County Council, spearheaded a campaign to see it restored.

Work cost about £6,000 and was paid for by Harrogate Borough Council. It was completed by local builders Dean Alexander and Nathan Procter, who are both ex-servicemen.



Cllr Haslam said he was "delighted" to see it finished.

He added:

"We look forward to Armistice Day when people can commemorate the sacrifices these people made with the fitting memorial restored to as it was intended".