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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Other structure
- District
- Manchester
- Town
- Ardwick
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), VC or GC Recipients
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 31 January 1923
Attended by: RELATIVES/FRIENDS OF THE FALLEN
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 43712
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Current location
Kings Regimental HQ
Ardwick Green
Ardwick
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M13
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 850 970
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Toc H HQ
Victoria Park
Manchester
Manchester
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Toc H HQ
- Description
- The Wilfrith Elstob Library at Toc H HQ, with accompanying photograph and plaque.
- Inscription
- THIS ROOM IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF LT. COL. WILFRITH ELSTOB VC DSO MC (Exact spacing unknown)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Elstob, Wilfrith
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,forename,decorations
Order of information: Undefined - VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Library
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Photograph/s
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Library
- 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
- History
- 2012, August: Exact location of plaque at Kings Regimental HQ unknown. c1980s: Toc H HQ building demolished. Plaque relocated to Kings Regimental HQ.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private,other
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