Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Manchester
Town
Cheetham Hill
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
25078

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Current location

Displayed among the exhibition buses
Manchester Transport Museum
Boyle Street
Cheetham Hill
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M8 8UW
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 84610 00737
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Uniform Stores and Workshop
    Hyde Road
    Cheetham Hill
    Manchester
    Greater Manchester
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
One of five similar cast bronze plaques erected at tram depots around the city (see WMR 10744, 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
Ahsley, H
Ashcroft, A F
Banks, J
Banks, T
Barlow, J
Barratt, J
Barton, T
Basnett, W F
Bayley, James
See details for all 309 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: depth 40 MM, height 1350 MM, width 1600 MM
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
  • BUS DEPOT AND TRANSPORT MUSEUM
  • 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
2000: In store in Manchester Museum
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • CITY ARCHITECTS OFFICE LIST 1949
  • Report in the Manchester Guardian of the Unveiling of the five plaques, 29th March 1923
  • WMO 251443

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