Memorial details

Memorial type
Other structure
District
Chester
Town
Chester
County
Cheshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Opened
    Date: 04 November 1921
    Attended by: Sir Arthur Pearson BT GBE, and Lord Bishop of Chester
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
9915

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Current location

The Hammond (also know as Hoole Bank House)
Mannings Lane
Chester
Chester
Cheshire
CH2 4ES
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 42988 69187
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A red brick house with a white portico, and paintwork. donated to the National Institute for the Blind to be used as a "home for blind persons of gentle birth in reduced circumstances". The home was open from 1921 to 1928. There is a dedicatory plaque.
Inscription
Plaque 1: THE HARRY URMSON HAYES WARD/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ 2ND LIEUT: 1ST BN THE BLACK WATCH/ (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS)/ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE 13TH OCTOBER 1915, AGED 19./ THIS WARD WAS ENDOWED BY HIS PROUD AND DEVOTED FATHER AND MOTHER/ 1917. Plaque 2: THIS RESIDENCE AND GROUND, 23 ACRES IN EXTENT,/ WERE PRESENTED TO/ THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND/ BY MR & MRS GEORGE W. HAYES,/ TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THEIR SON,/ LIEUT: HARRY URMSON HAYES,/ 1ST BN THE BLACK WATCH,/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/ OCTOBER 1915, AGED 19.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Hayes, Harry Urmson
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forenames, surname, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death, relationships.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference
  • National Institute for the Blind. Annual Report 1918. Page 14.
  • Hoole Bank's Last Family. thehammondschoolcentenary.wordpress.com/tag/hoole-bank-school/ . Accessed 2 April 2019.
  • Wagg, Henry J. A Chronological Survey of Work for the Blind. Sir Isaac Pitman, 1932, archive.org/details/chronologicalsur00henr/page/168. Accessed 2 April 2019
  • Wagg, Henry J. A Chronological Survey of Work for the Blind. Sir Isaac Pitman, 1932, archive.org/details/chronologicalsur00henr/page/144 . Accessed 2 April 2019.
  • National Institute for the Blind. Annual Report 1921-22. Page 13.
  • National Institute for the Blind. Annual Report 1919. Page 15.

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