Memorial details

Memorial type
Serviceman / Servicewoman
District
Stockport
Town
Heaton Moor
County
Greater Manchester
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 30 January 1921
    Attended by: UNKNOWN
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
10699

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Current location

On roadside outside churchyard boundary
St Paul's Church
St Paul's Road
Heaton Moor
Stockport
Greater Manchester
SK4 4PA
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 87736 91742
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Bronze statue of a WW1 soldier with steel helmet and rifle on a stone pedestal. Semicircular stone wall behind with wreathlike shapes at the ends. Original inscriptions incised into stone of pedestal. WW2 plaque subsequently added on front face, and small additional name plaque on rear of memorial. Right hand WW1 plaque has trench scene in relief with helmeted troops beneath the names.
Inscription
Front face: IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ HEATON CHAPEL/ AND/ HEATON MOOR/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ 1939-1945/ (Names) Rear face:THEIR/ NAME/ LIVETH/ FOR/ EVERMORE/ ALSO/ (7 Names) First plaque at left side: 1914-1918/ (Names) Plaque on right-hand side: (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Abram, Ah
Abram, J
Adam, G W
Adshead, A D
Arnold, G V
Arthan, F R
Ashley, C S
Ashton, E S
Astley, S
Atkinson, D
See details for all 222 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 146
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 146
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initals of forenames
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 76
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 76
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Figure
    Measurements: height c1830mm
    Materials: Bronze
  • Wall
    Measurements: height c1200mm, width c6500mm
    Materials: Stone - Ashlar
  • Pedestal
    Measurements: depth c1000mm, height c2500mm, width c1000mm
    Materials: Stone - Portland
Listing information
  • WAR MEMORIAL TO FRONT OF CHURCH OF ST PAUL
  • 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
History
WW2 plaque added; one WW1 panel was stolen and replaced by an inferior one; plaque with seven additional names added, at rear of pedestal. 10 March 1975 listed Grade II (ID 210815) 2000 wall damaged in road accident and later repaired. C 2004 condition described as poor. Staining on pedestal.
Costs

Comments: Land was obtained from the church for the site.
Memorial: c £1,800-£2,000

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Responsibility
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council: accepted by the Mayor, Charles Royle, at unveiling ceremony.
Reference
  • Hartwell, Clare, Matthew Hyde and Nikolaus Pevsner, Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East. Buildings of England series. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 232.
  • Carter Postcard Collection
  • E M Openshaw: 'The Story of St Paul's Church Heaton Moor 1877-1976' (Manchester, [1976])
  • Stockport Advertiser 21 Feb. 1919; 28 Feb. 1919; 7 Mar. 1919; 18 April 1919; 4 Feb. 1921; 20 Feb. 1958; 13 Aug. 1958
  • Wyke, Terry, Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester. Public Sculpture of Britain series - Volume 8 (Liverpool University Press, 2004), p. 341

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