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
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
82016

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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

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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
Components
  • Sculpture
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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