Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Manchester
Town
Ardwick
County
Greater Manchester
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: March 1923
    Attended by: Relatives of those who died
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
10744

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Current location

On the left wall of the main entrance.
Stagecoach Bus Depot
Hyde Road
Ardwick
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M12 6JS
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 85854 96996
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
One of five similar cast bronze plaques erected at tram depots around the city (see WMR 20578, 10669 and 100015 for the three still existing, and WMR 100065 for the one erected at Tramways Headquarters, but since lost). 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, Ae
Ashley, H
Banks, J
Banks, T
Barlow, J
Barratt, J
Barton, T
Basnett, Wf
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
Reference
  • WMO 251593
  • Report in the Manchester Guardian of the Unveiling of the five plaques, 29th March 1923

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