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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Manchester
- Town
- Ancoats
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 15 June 1949
Attended by: Rev. A. R. Denne - Dedicated
Date: 15 June 1949
Attended by: Rev. A. R. Denne - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 15901
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Current location
Manchester Miracle Centre-formerly All Souls Church
Every Street/Harding Street junction
Ancoats
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M4 7DQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 85788 98218
Denomination: Non-denominational
- Previous locations
- St Andrew's Church
Adair Street
Ancoats
Manchester
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- St Andrew's Church
- Description
- Plain Marble Tablet with incised lettering in a wooden frame, and a stone St Andrew's cross at top centre
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY/ THE CONGREGATION AND CHURCH PEOPLE/ OF THE PARISH OF ST ANDREW/ TO KEEP FOR EVER IN MEMORY/ THOSE WHO IN THE WAR OF 1939 - 1945/ GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT WE MIGHT LIVE (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brown, A
Gilbert, H
Goodwin, A
Hewitt, J
Kay, J
Knowles, J R
Lomax, J
Lowe, A
Mcdermott, A
Mcilwrath, H
See details for all 16 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 450MM, width 600MM
Materials: Marble - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 14 June 1949 -ST. ANDREWS, TRAVIS STREET.-DEDICATION OF WAR MEMORIAL
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