Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Manchester
Town
Manchester
County
Greater Manchester
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
MR HENRY CADNESS FSAM (Designer)
JAMES LENEGAN (Wood Carver)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 11 November 1921
    Attended by: Mr. J.H. Reynolds, a past principal of the College and Dean of the Faculty of Technology
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
13096

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Current location

B Floor
Centre Corrdior on one side of the main staircase
UMIST Main Building
Sackville Street
Manchester
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M1 3WD
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 845 977
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
H-SHAPED OAK BOARD. ARMS OF THE UNIVERSITY AND CITY OF MANCHESTER ON CENTRAL BAR
Inscription
Centre board: TO THE/ GLORY AND/ HONOUR/ OF THE/ MEMBERS/ OF THIS/ COLLEGE / WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918 / Left board: "HONOUR THE BRAVE" Right board: " THEIR NAME SHALL ENDURE" Below centre board: THIS MEMORIAL DESIGNED BY / HENRY CADNESS F.S.A.M / JAMES LENEGAN, CRAFTSMAN
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 194
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 194
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Board
    Measurements: height 2750MM, width 2250MM
    Materials: Wood - Oak
  • Lettering
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Gold
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • www.ww1.manchester.ac.uk/our-ww1-memorials/
  • Manchester Evening News Unveiling Report- Women could not restrain the tears, and men clung to the nearest chair to steady themselves as the buglers sounded the “Last Post”. The thrilling notes died away and calm fell upon the whole building, broken only by a sobbing mother whose little sheaf of white chrysanthemums told its own simple tale and was to be laid at the foot of the newly unveiled memorial to the students and members of the College who were killed or injured in the war. The buglers sharply broke the reverie of the great audience that filled the Statuary Hall, where the pieces of a wrecked Zeppelin and a full sized model of a British aeroplane served as additional painful reminders of the strife of the past. Mr. J.H. Reynolds, a past principal of the College and Dean of the Faculty of Technology, unveiled the memorial and said that he was sure it would remain “a valued possession of the institution and an inspiration to the youth of the future to make the great sacrifice in defence of true liberty”.
  • DICTIONARY OF BRITISH ART VOLUME V BRITISH ARTISTS 1880-1940 by JOHNSON, J P 92 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:ANTIQUE COLLECTORS CLUB 1994 WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK

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