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Memorial details

Memorial type
Serviceman / Servicewoman
District
Manchester
Town
Manchester
County
Greater Manchester
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 26th October 1908
    Attended by: Gen Sir Ian Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
2036

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Current location

Just south of the entrance to the Royal Exchange Theatre
St Ann's Square
Manchester
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M2 7JB
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 83800 98427
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A cast bronze memorial depicting a soldier of the Manchester Regiment standing on a rock, with bayonet fixed at the "ready" while a wounded comrade at his feet hands him a cartridge to continue the fight. This is mounted on a bronze plinth on the front face of which is a wreath of bay leaves with palms of victory branching out from its sides. The casting stands on a pedestaled granite plinth with bronze plaques on all sides, which record the names of those who gave their lives in the War. The dedication is incised, and runs round the granite plinth, starting above the front plaque, with its final phrase to be found beneath the front plaque. The plinth stands on a three-stepped granite base, which bears inscriptions relating to the creation of the memorial, and which is protected by a ring of large granite globes. A companion memorial to the bronze plaque installed under the tower of Manchester Cathedral (WMR 55641), but bearing additional names.
Inscription
Around the granite plinth: To the Memory of the following/ Officers, Non-commissioned Officers,/ and Men who fell in the War/ in South Africa, 1899 - 1902/ Gallantly Serving their Sovereign and Country. On the brass plaques: (Names)/ And others whose names/ cannot be ascertained On the front steps: Hamo Thorneycroft RA/ Sc. 1907/ This Monument is Erected by Public Subscription
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Abbott, J
Almeida, F J
Arden, A
Ashley, W
Ashton, H
Baker, A
Ball, K
Banks, W
Bannett, W
Bannister, A
See details for all 317 names
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 317
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 317
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, initials of forenames, battalion
    Order of information: regiment THEN Battalion THEN rank THEN surname
Components
  • Figure
    Measurements: height 2025mm
    Materials: Bronze
  • Pedestal
    Measurements: depth 750MM, width 750MM
    Materials: Granite
Listing information
  • WAR MEMORIAL (BOER WAR)
  • Grade II
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Manchester Courier - Tuesday 27 October 1908 MANCHESTER'S HEROES. HONOUR TO THE BRAVE. TARDY BUT TRUE. (list of names)
  • A WALK ROUND MANCHESTER STATUES by BRUMHEAD - WYKE 46 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:WALKROUND BOOKS 1990 MANCHESTER
  • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 109 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London
  • The Manchester Genealogist (The Journal of the Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society) Volume 36 No. 2, 2000, pages 93-111 for a long, detailed article on the Manchester Regiment in the Boer war which names all who served)
  • Carter Postcard Collection
  • Other website www.tameside.gov.uk/museumsgalleries/mom/memorials/boerwar
  • The Graphic - Saturday 31 October 1908 (photographs of the unveiling)

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