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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Manchester
- Town
- Gorton
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Mr Ferdinand Victor Blundstone RBS (Sculptor)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 7 November 1926
Attended by: Angelo Jennison - Dedicated
Date: 7 November 1926
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13127
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Current location
Near to the Chapels
Gorton Cemetery
Alvaston Road
Gorton
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M18 7JQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 89259 95442
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Square stone pillar with bronze relief sculpture of a bare chested female representing the figure of Peace, holding a lion cub under her right arm and a wreath in her left hand, surmounting a shield. Sculpted recumbant leopards in relief at the foot of Peace with relief musical instruments, firework rockets and pin wheels representing the occupations of the staff of the Belle Vue Zoological Gardens and Pleasure Grounds. The pillar widens towards the base in a series of ledges.
- Inscription
- Pillar: BELLE VUE MEMORIAL / KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE / (Names) / DIED FROM EFFECTS OF WAR / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Croasdale, W
Cummings, Joseph
Fuller, J
Graythorne, J
Hastain, Bernard A
Heathcote, H
Jennison, J L
Jennison, N L
Morrey, W
Mullroy, H
See details for all 19 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 19
Served and returned: 0
Died: 19
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, decorations, manner of death
Order of information: manner of death THEN rank THEN surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Pillar
Measurements: depth C 700MM, height C 2000MM, width C 700MM
Materials: Stone - Stancliffe
- Figure
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Belle Vue
- WMO ID: 110657
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 28-01-2014]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2013: Inscription weathered and hard to read. c1960s: The bronze figure of Peace and the sculpted reliefs stolen. 1926: Belle Vue Zoological Gardens were on Hyde Road, Gorton. The memorial was unveiled in Gorton Cemetery and not in the zoological grounds.
- Costs
Memorial: £140.9s.4d
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Reference
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