Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Manchester
- Town
- Newton Heath
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 23rd September 1948
Attended by: GENERAL SIR WILLIAM PLATT GBE, KCB, DSO - Rededicated
Date: 23rd September 1948
Attended by: Bishop of Manchester - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16023
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Current location
Foyer of the Foundry Works Office
Weir Pumps PLC
Corner of Briscoe Lane and Ten Acres Lane
Newton Heath
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M40 2SQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 87435 99761
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Mather & Platt Works
Briscoe Lane
Newton Heath
Manchester
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Mather & Platt Works
- Description
- NOWY-HEADED CAST METAL PLAQUE WITH FIVE RAISED PANELS WITH THE NAMES ON THEM. Within the Nowy Head is a RELIEF DESIGN OF A WREATH WITH A FIGURE WITHIN IT which is FLANKED BY A FLORAL AND FOLIATE PATTERN
- Inscription
- 1914 1919 1939 1945 / IN HONOUR OF OUR BRAVE COLLEAGUES WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE DEFENCE OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE DURING THE GREAT WAR / (NAMES) / MATHER & PLATT LTD./"With all whose services to their kind/won them remembrance among men"/Virgil 70-19
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, G A
Adcock, E
Allen, C L
Allison, J L
Altoft, F
Anderson, B G G
Anderton, S W
Armstrong, R
Ashley, J
Barker, W
See details for all 210 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 175
Served and returned: 0
Died: 175
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 33
Served and returned: 0
Died: 33
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: surname THEN forename - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forename, service
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Plaque
- 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
- History
- THE PLAQUE HAS BEEN MOVED TWICE WITHIN THE WORKS DUE TO EXTENSIONS AND THEN DEMOLITION OF PARTS OF THE FOUNDRY
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- CWGC Citation for May Holmes, WW2 Civilian Killed-www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3120360/holmes,-maggie-may/
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