Memorial details

Memorial type
Hall / Institute
District
Manchester
Town
Rusholme
County
Greater Manchester
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
10665

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Current location

In main School Hall
Manchester Grammar School
Old Hall Lane
Rusholme
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M13 0XU
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 86083 94721
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
School Hall with figure of Victory on stone surround. Wooden name boards surmounted by stained glass window. memorial distinguished by the commemoriation of a Frenchman, Rene Claude Albert Boisselot and a German, Bernhard Neuendorf, both of whom died fighting for their countries.
Inscription
(ON BOOK) LET US NOW/ REMEMBER/ THE SONS OF/ THIS SCHOOL/ WHO DIED/ FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY/ MANCHESTER/ GRAMMAR SCHOOL/ BOOK OF/ REMEMBRANCE/ 1914 - 1918/[names] 1939-1945/[names]
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ackroyd, Charles Winstanley
Ackroyd, L
Adams, William Bryan
Ainscow, Harold Mason
Alcock, George
Allen, Basil George Ragdale
Allen, Frank Ernest
Allen, G G
Allen, John Ragdale
Allen- Maltby, Harold
See details for all 751 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 521
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 521
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 230
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 230
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Panelling
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Comments: Aside from the boards with names, which were created post-WWII, there is also a statue and a stained glass window and these date from 1931 when the building was built and were planned from as early as 1919. The school had plans to move sites from before the war, but it took until 1929 to get the money to buy the land. But a memorial to the great war fallen was always central to plans for a new building and there was separate fund for it.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Reference

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