Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Wall
- District
- Salford
- Town
- Irlam
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 5th November 1949
Attended by: - Dedicated
Date: 5th November 1949 - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26209
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Current location
Prince's Park
Liverpool Road
Irlam
Salford
Greater Manchester
M44 6WY
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 72117 94276
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Central block and two metal plaques each side containing the names. The whole stands on a two-step plinth, the top step of which is crazy-paved. An angel surmounts the central block.
- Inscription
- Each of 2 identical plaques-IN/MEMORY/AND/PERPETUAL HONOUR/OF THE BRAVE MEN OF/IRLAM AND CADISHEAD DISTRICT/WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918./[names] 1 Plaque-IN/MEMORY/AND/PERPETUAL HONOUR/OF THE BRAVE MEN OF/IRLAM/WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR/1939-1945/[names] 1 Plaque-IN/MEMORY/AND/PERPETUAL HONOUR/OF THE BRAVE MEN OF/CADISHEAD/WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR/1939-1945/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ackerley, George
Ackerley, Robert Thomas
Adams, Eric
Ainscough, Jack
Allcock, Robert Edward
Alldred, Clarence Thomas
Allen, Thomas
Andrews, John George
Arrowsmith, Joseph
Arstall, Charles Whitfield
See details for all 233 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 137
Served and returned: 0
Died: 137
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 96
Served and returned: 0
Died: 96
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Wall
Measurements: depth 12 INS., height 70 INS., width 240 INS.
Materials: Brick - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Wall
- 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
- Men of Irlam and Cadishead District
- WMO ID: 248998
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 02-03-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Other website freespace.virgin.net/paul.cesnav/icwmpp.htm
- Book; A District at War (Irlam & Cadishead's part in the Great War 1914-1918) by Neil Drum and Pete Thomas- for full biographies of the 137 men
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