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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Manchester
Town
Manchester
County
Greater Manchester
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 27th March 1923
    Attended by: Alderman Bowie. Relatives of those who died
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
10669

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Current location

Beside office entrance
Boyle Street corner
First Manchester Bus Depot
Queens Road
Manchester
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M8 0RX
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 84569 00468
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
One of five similar cast bronze plaques erected at tram depots around the city (see WMR 10744, 25078 and 100015 for the three still existing, and WMR 100065 for the one erected at Tramways Headquarters, but since lost). This is the only plaque still in its original position. The plaque is nowy-headed with the City's coat of arms within a shield at the centre of the arch supported by floral display behind a scroll bearing the legend Pro Rege et Patria (For King and Country). The dedication is in a panel above the five columns each bearing 62 names, and there is a further dedication beneath the columns. The pilasters are decorated thus: Left, top: Lion en passant facing inwards. Left, Centre: full length soldier in profile with head bowed and arms reversed. Left, Lower: Shield with St George's cross surrounded by a laurel wreath. Right, top: Lion en passant facing inwards. Right, centre: full length Naval figure in profile with head bowed and arms reversed. Right, Lower: Shield with white ensign surrounded by a laurel wreath.
Inscription
To the Honoured Memory of the Employees of Manchester/ Corporation Tramways who Gave their Lives in the Cause/ of Freedom and Right in the Great European War 1914-1918/ (Names)/ Let those who come after see to it that these names be not forgotten
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Abrahams, Joseph
Ashcroft, A E
Ashley, H
Banks, J
Banks, T
Barlow, J
Barratt, J
Barton, T
Basnett, W F
Bayley, James
See details for all 310 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 310
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 310
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, initials, awards (deployment where two names are similar)
    Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 900MM, width 1200MM
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
First Manchester
Reference
  • Report in the Manchester Guardian of the Unveiling of the five plaques, 29th March 1923
  • WMO 134088
  • Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 27 March 1923 Image © Reach PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. AT DUTY'S CALL. Memorials to Fallen Manchester Tramwaymen. In memory of the employes of the Manchester Corporation Tramways Department who lost their lives during the war five tablets have been erected at various depots : Head Office... .The Lord Mayor 11 a.m. Hyde Road Shed ...Ald Pogson l2 noon. Hyde Road Works ...Ald. Dixon... 12 30p.m. Princess Road....Ald. Chapman 2 30p.m. Queen's Road....Ald. Bowie .. 3.30 p.m. Alderman J. Bowes, chairman of the Tramways Committee, will preside at the unveiling ceremonies to-morrow. 2,917 men from the department, representing 56 per cent of the total number employed, served during the war, and of these 272 died on active service and 33 were reported missing.
  • Manchester Evening News 11 Nov 2005

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