Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Organ or organ part
- District
- Manchester
- Town
- Blackley
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Presented
Date: 1950
Attended by:
- Presented
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 43766
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Current location
St Peter's Church
Lion Brow
Blackley
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M9 8PY
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 85649 03001
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Organ with accompanying Brass dedication plaque which is in a wooden frame. The lettering on the plaque is all inscribed, and in white.
- Inscription
- THIS ORGAN WAS REBUILT AND A NEW CONSOLE/INSTALLED IN THE YEAR 1950 AS A TRIBUTE TO/THOSE MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE PARISH/OF ST PETER, BLACKLEY, WHO SERVED IN THE/ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN AND THE/CIVIL DEFENCE SERVICES, AND IN MEMORY OF/THE FOLLOWING WHO MADE THE SUPREME/SACRIFICE IN THE WAR OF 1939-1945/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bell, Derek William
Bowden, Donald Stewart
Burton, Samuel
Duddle, Stephen
Hayes, Alfred
Hayes, Frank
Heaton, Wilfred Bayliss
Hinman, James
Hoyle, John
Leigh, Geoffrey Robert
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Organ or Organ part
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Organ or Organ part
- 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
- St Peter's Parish WW2 Organ
- WMO ID: 270521
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 26-02-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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