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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Sculptured / Cast figure
- District
- Manchester
- Town
- Cheetham
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16013
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Current location
St. Chad's Church
Hill Road
Cheetham
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M8 8UJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 84533 00817
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Previous locations
- Corpus Christi Basilica
Varley Street
Miles Platting
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M40 8EE
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 85913 99544
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Corpus Christi Basilica
- Description
- Coloured pieta statue with two mahogany stands for flower vases on each side. Inscription on boards on either side of the pieta.
- Inscription
- Board 1-OF YOUR CHARITY/ PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF THE FOLLOWING/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR/ 1914 - 18/ (Names) Board 2- [names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Astley, Frank
Barlow, Stephen
Booth, James
Bridge, Robert
Burke, James Joseph
Burke, Laurence
Burke, Thomas
Burke, Thomas
Cane, James
Carruthers, Edward
See details for all 99 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 99
Served and returned: 0
Died: 99
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: height 1050MM, width 350MM
Materials: Wood - Mahogany - Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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