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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Salford
- Town
- Ordsall
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: February 1918
Attended by: SIR MONTAGUE BARLOW KBE, MP
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26193
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Current location
Regent Square
Ordsall
Salford
Greater Manchester
M5 3RP
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 81946 97731
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Royal British Legion Club
Robert Hall Street
Ordsall
Salford
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 810 970
Denomination: Undefined - Regent Square
Ordsall
Salford
Greater Manchester
M5 3RP
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 81946 97731
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Royal British Legion Club
- Description
- OBELISK ENCLOSED BY GATED RAILINGS AND SET WITHIN A PLOT OF GRASS
- Inscription
- GATES: 1914-1918/ 1939-1945/WE WILL REMEMBER THEM PLINTH: TO THOSE WHO ARE CLEANSED OF BASE DESIRE, SORROW, AND LUST AND SHAME/ GOD IS FOR THEY KNEW THE HEARTS OF MEN/ MEN FOR THEY STOOPED TO FAME/ROLL OF HONOUR TO MEN OF REGENT SQUARE DISTRICT/ WHO ANSWERED THE CALL OF/ KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE WAR FOR THE WORLD'S FREEDOM/ ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ FEBRUARY 1918/ KILLED IN ACTION/[names] SERVED/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Ackerley, H
Ackerley, P
Ackerley, S
Ackerley, W
Aldridge, W
Allman, J
Anderson, J
Anderson, T
Anlesark, J H
Anlesark, W
See details for all 279 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 279
Served and returned: 234
Died: 45
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, regiment, initials of forenames, rank
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: height 2000MM
Materials: Stone
- Obelisk
- 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
- Regent Square Memorial
- WMO ID: 133274
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 12-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1978: Bottom two steps and decorative crown were reported missing - all three were eventually found and the memorial was sent to the Royal British Legion where it was rebuilt in the carpark.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Other website www.regentmemorial.talktalk.net/History.htm
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