Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Sculptured / Cast group
- District
- Manchester
- Town
- Manchester
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 16 October 2018
Attended by: HRH The Countess of Wessex
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Outside the MAIN (not the London Road) Entrance Doors
Manchester Piccadilly Railway Station
Manchester
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M1 2HE
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 84739 97919
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A group of seven bronze life sized Blinded Veterans walking together, with a bronze Dedication plaque on the 'Piccadilly Gardens' side, and a Braille dedication plaque on the other side of the group, behind them, directly in front of the station entrance doors.
- Inscription
- Victory Over Blindness/Johanna Domke-Guyot/Remembering the returning blind veterans /of the First World War/More than 3,000 veterans lost their sight as a result of their service in/the First World War. Making their way home from the front, they began/their journey to rebuild their lives after sight loss/In 1915 a charity was founded to support them./Blind Veterans UK , formally known as St Dunstan's, has continued to/support thousands more blind veterans to live independently as they/begin that same journey today./Rebuilding/lives after/sight loss/ This statute was unveiled by/HRH The Countess of Wessex,/GCVO on 16 October 2018 to/commemorate the 100th/anniversary of the end of the/First World War./
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Sculpture
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Sculpture
- 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
- Victory Over Blindness
- WMO ID: 260289
- Condition: Good [last updated on 03-12-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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