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: 14 February 1922
    Attended by: FIELD MARSHAL THE EARL HAIG KT GCB OM GCVO KCIE
  • Dedicated
    Date: 14 February 1922
    Attended by: Bishop of Manchester
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
13093

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Current location

left wall of westermost station entrance.
Victoria Railway Station
Victoria Station Approach
Manchester
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 1WY
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 84072 99017
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
An impressive cast bronze memorial installed below a tiled map of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's network. The principal towns and cities it served are acknowledged in small shields placed above each of the seven panels which carry the Names. The panels have bound laurel leaves as a border to the sides and top, and have a rose in the top corners. The main dedication is cast across the top of the seven name panels. A Biblical text is incised below the names. On the left of the panels is a cast depiction of St Michael vanquishing the Devil, and to the right is a cast depiction of St George slaying the dragon. Each is flanked by torches, at the centre of which is a wreath, within which words of encouragement are cast. In front of the above are set four cast bronze square seats, two under each of the side panels, and between them is a row of cast, square section bollards, set below each of the name panels. The second image shows that some of these were missing when the earlier image was taken.
Inscription
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED HERE AND/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING & COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/(Names)/ THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT AND THEIR NAME LIVETH TO ALL GENERATIONS. Ecclesiasticus XLIV, verses:13:14 On torches: COURAGE SACRIFICE UNITY STRENGTH
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Agombar, A W
Ainsworth, C
Ainsworth, E
Ainsworth, J H
Aird, J
Alcock, C
Aldershaw, W
Alderton, P
Aldred, F
Alexander, H
See details for all 1460 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1460
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1460
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,additional,decorations, initials of forenames
    Order of information: surname THEN forename
Components
  • Plaques / Panels with names
    Measurements: depth inset, height 870mm, width 615mm
    Materials: Bronze
  • Base
    Measurements: height 260mm, width 10200mm
    Materials: Granite - Cornish, Marble - Connemara
  • Panelling
    Measurements: depth 25mm, height 1710mm, width 1700mm
    Materials: Bronze
  • Panelling
    Measurements: height 450mm, width 10200mm
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
History
1923 Granite and marble platform on which were four large and seven small ornamental bronze vases to contain shrubs and flowers, which family and friends might use, was added. FIGURE OF ST GEORGE HAS LOST HIS LANCE. ONE OF FIVE SMALL PEDESTALS IS MISSING 2021: The memorial appears to have been refurbished - St George's lance has been replaced and the missing smaller vases have been replaced - but all the vases are now capped.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Railtrack
Reference
  • Railway Gazette 17 Feb. 1922 p.273
  • The Railway Magazine v.53 p. 250 (1923)

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