Plans to move Harris War Memorial in Preston branded 'highly disrespectful.'

The monument, which honours the 17 former pupils killed during the First World War, will be uprooted and re-sited on Garstang Road, outside the orphanage grounds, if the scheme is approved.

But Prema Taylor, one of the leaders of the Friends of Harris Park, says such a move would make the Grade II Listed memorial vulnerable to traffic emissions and effectively bans the public from future access to the site.