First World War A few people can still remember a day in Bakewell in 1914 when men left home to fight in the Great War. A farewell service was held in Rutland Square by Bishop Abraham, standing on a delivery dray beside a large Union Jack and a piano for the hymns. A few days later, the crowd was back to watch the proud Derbyshire Yeomanry ride off to war. Dozens of local horses had already been sent from Bakewell. First they were led into the Rutland Arms stable yard to have their hooves branded ‘W.D.’ as they now belonged to the War Department. Some horses were taken straight off the streets, leaving their owners holding empty harnesses. A few weeks earlier, an official of the War Office was at Bakewell Show, taking whichever horses he wanted for military service. The animals were rounded up and sent on one-way journeys to the battlefields. Read More >> More Information Bennett Street goes to War Bennett Street’s Roll of Honour: Where they lived in 1915 The Bennett Street War Memorial More Pictures Wartime