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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Manchester
- Town
- Manchester
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 25397
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- Previous locations
- Formerly M Hurst and Co Ltd
Canada House
Chepstow Street South
Manchester
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M1 5FW
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 83943 97668
Denomination: Undefined
- Formerly M Hurst and Co Ltd
- Description
- Illuminated address with a border decorated with flags. Royal arms depicted in lower centre and portaits of the firm's directors depicted in centre above inscription.
- Inscription
- TO THE DIRECTORS OF MESSRS/ M. HURST & CO./ LIMITED/ We, the undermentioned EX-SERVICEMEN/ & EMPLOYEES OF THIS FIRM, on behalf of/ ourselves, and of our comrades who have made/ the supreme sacrifice, desire to place on record our/ appreciation of the thoughtful kindness and consid-/ eration you rendered to us and our dependents/ during our period of service with HM Forces./ Further, we who have been spared to return to civilian life/ deeply appreciate the fulfilment of your promises made/ to us. We are confident that few firms can show a record/ such as yours, and we are pleased to offer you this token of/ our sincere thanks and goodwill./ Our one regret - and a most sincere one - is that our former/ Governing Director, the late FRED MOXON HURST,/ and our Director, the late EDWARD LOWE, are not now/ with us, to join in the receipt of this expression of our esteem/ and regard./ Our earnest wish is that the future may be full of happiness/ for you individually, and of propsperity for the firm./ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bewler, W
Blasdale, J H
Brimble, J
Carr, A
Craindeed, H
Day, J
Farthing, E
Featheringcote, A
Fetty, P
Flaher, D K
See details for all 32 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 30
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initals of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Roll of honour
- Condition
- History
- 2012: Location of memorial unknown, after consulting with current occupiers of Canada House. 1954: Firm closed.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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