Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Tameside
- Town
- Newton, Hyde
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Messrs Willoughby Wilde and Sons (Builder)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 13th March 1920
Attended by: Alderman H G Turner; Rev H Howson; Mr J W Hinchcliffe; Councillor Thomas Middleton; Councillor A Haughton; Councillor T Cooper
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3259
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Current location
Victoria Street and Cartwright Street
Victoria Street
Newton
Hyde
Tameside
Greater Manchester
SK14 4FH
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 96004 96052
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Statue of soldier with rifle surmounting stepped pedestal. It is surrounded by railings.
- Inscription
- Front face: ERECTED/ BY THE RESIDENTS/ OF VICTORIA STREET AND/ DISTRICT/ IN HONOUR OF THE MEN/ WHO ANSWERED THEIR/ COUNTRY'S CALL/ KILLED IN ACTION/ (Names)/ THE BATTLE FOUGHT THE VICTORY WON/ UNVEILED AND DEDICATED BY/ ALDERMAN TURNER, MARCH 13TH, 1920. Right face: LIBERTY/ (Names) Back face: PATRIOTISM/ (Names) Left face: FRATERNITY/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 237
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Memorial
Measurements: depth 1200mm, height 3657mm, width 1200mm
Materials: Stone
- Figure
- Listing information
- Victoria Street War Memorial, Newton
- 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
- Condition
- Victoria Street War Memorial
- WMO ID: 123578
- Condition: Good [last updated on 23-10-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- The memorial has often been vandalised, the head being removed and knocked into the street.
- Costs
Site: £282
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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