WW1 Memorial
Manchester Regiment Memorials
World War One
Whitworth Park, Manchester
The 7th Battalion War Memorial is located in Whitworth Park, Oxford Road, Manchester within the recruiting area of the battalion. Designed by Norman Wragge as the result of a competition held by Professor A C Dickie, Chair of Architecture at Manchester University and his pupils. The memorial is a tapered column of Westmoreland Elterwater black granite, standing on a base of white stone. A floriated fleur de Lys, as worn by the Battalion, is engraved on each of the four sides.
The Honorary Colonel, General Sir Reginald Wingate, unveiled it in September 1933. Permission for the erection of the memorial had been given by the Whitworth Trustees and approved by Manchester City Council. This memorial replaced the original war memorial, which was built into the wall within the Burlington Street Headquarters. Prior to the sale of the old drill hall it was felt better to have it carefully obliterated in order that no indignity could happen under future owners.
Ardwick Cenotaph, Ardwick Green, Manchester
The 8th Manchesters Memorial to the dead of their three battalions of WWI is a simple and dignified 'Renaissance' style, rises to a height of 24 feet and is made of Portland Stone, about 70 tons in weight. The base of three steps covers 14 feet each way and immediately above the steps is a massive square block, 4 feet in height. On the front face is carved the coat of arms of the City of Manchester and on the reverse the Sphinx, superscribed Egypt. Above are four Ionic columns; one at each corner and the whole monument is crowned with a simple dome. In the space between the columns and reaching the full height are solid square centres on which the Battle Honours of the Battalion are inscribed.
It was unveiled on 16 July 1921 by General Sir Ian Hamilton and it was reported that a crowd of about ten thousand had assembled around the Green to witness the ceremony.
Parish Church of St Mary, Nether Alderley, Cheshire
Memorial brass to the memory of Brigadier General Noel Lee, late 6th Manchesters, who died from wounds received at Gallipoli on 22 June 1915, age 45. He commanded the Manchester Infantry Brigade of 42nd East Lancashire Division and had lived at Heywood Hall in the Parish. He is buried in Malta.
Broughton House, Salford
A duplicate of the memorial to Brigadier General Noel Lee is in one of the rooms.
Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels, Ashton-under-Lyne
Memorial brass to Brigadier General Anthony Hugh Baldwin of the Manchester Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli on 10 August 1915 whilst commanding 38th Infantry Brigade.
In loving memory of Brigadier General Anthony Hugh Baldwin
Served 30 years with the Manchester Regiment.
Only son of James Baldwin of Smithies Bridge, Clitheroe Lancashire.
Born 30 September 1863
Killed in Action in Gallipoli 10 August 1915
St Albion's Church, Ashton-under-Lyne
Plaque to Lieutenant Harold Harrison Knight, 9th Bn. KIA 27 August 1918.
St Albion's Church, Ashton-under-Lyne
Rolls of Honour to the 9th, 11th & 3/9th Battalions
St Phillip's Church, Alderley Edge, Cheshire
Brass plaque to the memory of Lieutenant Edward Ross, 22nd Manchesters, Killed in Action in 1917.
Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels, Ashton-under-Lyne
Memorial brass listing the 3rd Manchesters casualties at Cleethorpes unveiled on 13/10/1918.
Cleethorpes Cemetery North East Lincolnshire
Massive stone memorial cross to the 24 men of the 3rd Manchesters who are buried there. Unveiled 9/3/1918.
This memorial consists of a grassy mound 3100mm x 4300mm x 400mm high, on which is placed three panels of York Stone, with the names of 31 men who died in a zeppelin raid on Cleethorpes on April 1 st 1916. The panels are on a brick base and a stone cross stands on top of the central panel. The panels measure 850mm x 640mm and the cross is 2500mm high. There is a flowerbed in the centre of this mound. At the front is a square stone block measuring 530mm x 430mm. Within this and mounted on the stone is a white stone shield, which describes the events of the 1st April 1916, and gives the reason for the memorial. This white stone shield is in poor condition and difficult to read. The whole memorial sits within an area of lawn 27000mm x 10000mm, which was where the 31 men were buried.
The central panel reads:-
In Memoriam
N.C.O.'s & men 3rd Battalion The Manchester Regt
Who lost their lives whilst serving their country on April 1st 1916
The inscription on the white stone panel, on the York stone base reads:-
In memoriam of the memory of the 3rd Battalion Manchester Regt who gave their lives for their country on the morning of April 1st 1916.
A tribute of respect from the Cleethorpes Baptist Church.
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Baptist Church, Cleveleys
3rd Manchesters Memorial window in the form of the regimental badge in memory of those killed in the WWI zeppelin raid.
Montauban, France
A memorial to the 17th, 18th, 19th & 20th King's Liverpool Pals and 16th, 17th, 18th & 19th Manchester Regiment Pals Battalions was unveiled by Major General Peter Davies, Colonel of the Regiment in the centre of the village on 1 July 1994. The monument was blessed by the Rev Llewellyn, Vicar of Ypres. The project to raise a memorial to the Liverpool and Manchester Pals was the concept of the late Graham Maddocks, author of Liverpool Pals.
Francilly Selency, France
A monument to 2nd Manchesters and 16th Manchesters was erected on 30 June 1996 in Francilly Selency to commemorate Manchester Hill, captured by the 2nd Battalion in 1917 and the scene of the famous last stand of the 16th Battalion in March 1918.
Unveiled by Major General Peter Davis, Colonel of the Regiment. The memorial occupies a special position on the lawn between the Mairie and the church, adjacent to the French memorial to the men of the village who lost their lives in WWI and the memorial to those who fell in the battle of St Quentin in January 1871 during the Franco/Prussian war.
Representing the Regiment at the unveiling were Kingsmen from 1st Bn The King's Regiment (then stationed in Cyprus), C (The Manchesters) Company 5th/8th Volunteer Battalion the King's Regiment together with members of the Regimental Association.
Mametz, France
A bronze memorial plaque to the 20th, 21st, 22nd and 24th Battalions (Manchester Pals) was unveiled by Captain Robert Bonner on 1st July 1994. It had been funded by the Lancashire & Cheshire Branch of the Western Front Association. It is mounted on a brick plinth in the centre of the village of Mametz. The text is in English and French:
This plaque commemorates the everlasting memory of the 20th, 21st, 22nd & 24th Battalions of the Manchester Regiment who, as part of the British 7th Division successfully freed this village on the morning of 1st July 1916.
Le Cateau, France
A memorial to those who fell at Le Cateau on 26 August 1914 was erected on the site of the trenches, which lie within a few minutes walk of the town of Le Cateau. A committee consisting of officers of the four regiments concerned was formed and in cooperation with the Imperial War Graves Commission appointed Major Alan Brace of Lincoln 's Inn to be the architect. One major difficulty had to be overcome which was that the French Government passed a law in March 1923 prohibiting the erection of any other war memorial to a unit smaller that a Division. Fortunately a Presidential Decree was signed on 9 May 1925 authorising the erection of this memorial.
The monument is in the form of a cenotaph, 10ft long, 6ft wide and 13 ft high. Upon each face is cut the names of the fallen: 2nd Bn Manchester Regiment (5 officers and 53 other ranks) on the west face, the Suffolk Regiment (4 officers and 75 other ranks) on the north face, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (8 officers and 39 other ranks) on the east face and the Royal Field Artillery (3 officers and 22 other ranks) on the south face.
The memorial was unveiled in 1926 and is in the permanent care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Additional funds were raised in 1933 by the four Regiments for maintenance work to be carried out.
Hagnies Church, France
A painted wooden board of oak mounted on an inner wall of the church, surmounted by the regimental badge of the coat of arms of the City of Manchester with on either side the initials AM and DG in gold lettering.
Devant cette eglise le Sixieme Bataillon Du Regiment De Manchester a commemore la cessation des hostilites de la Grande Guerre.
Le XI Novembre a onze heures du matin, MCMXVIII.
On the 11th November 1918 the 6th Battalion were in the Forest of Mormal, near to the hamlet of Hagnies, billeted in the Municipal school at Hautman. They remained there for a short period and during the third week of December the battalion presented a carved oak memorial plaque to the village which was placed in Hagnies Church where it remains to this day. Private H L Jones carved the plaque and Private C C Farmer painted the inscription.
Contalmaison, France
The 12th Manchesters Memorial. In August 1927 a party of 55 old members of the battalion, wives and friends made a trip to the battlefields and at Mametz Wood unveiled a 6-foot high cross of oak inscribed
To the eternal memory of all those comrades who laid down their lives on 7th July 1916
The cross had been made by Ted Thompstone - one of the comrades - and was unveiled by Major H F Browell. Two years later funds were raised to buy a site in the Contalmaison Cemetery and the cross was replaced with a granite memorial. The memorial is now in the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Ors, France
A bronze plaque in memory of Lieutenant Wilfred Owen MC, 2nd Manchesters erected by the Western Front Association in 1992 on the bridge over the canal.
The text is in English and French.
On 4th November 1918 the British 32nd Division crossed the Sambre-Oise Canal here at Ors, in the face of strong opposition. During the assault four VCs were won. Among the casualties was the poet, Lieutenant Wilfred Owen MC, 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment, who was killed on the towpath on this side of the canal about one kilometre to the north of the bridge.
Holy Trinity Church, Northwood, Middlesex
Stained glass memorial window to Joseph Norman Rostern, 2/7th Manchesters. Killed in action 28 March 1918 at Peronne.
The Memorial Chapel Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
The Manchester Regiment Memorial is situated above the pulpit. It is a marble panel on which the names of twenty-four officers are carved, all having been Cadets at Sandhurst who gave their lives in WWI. The panel is surmounted by the Regimental Crests of the Fleur de Lys and the Brunswick Star containing a Sphinx. The names and inscriptions are as follows:
The Manchester Regiment
1914
Captain F S Nisbet
Captain C FitzG H Trueman
2nd Lieut A G B Chittenden
Captain A G Tillard
2nd Lieut R F Walker
2nd Lieut C L Bentley
Lieut J C Caulfield
Lieut R I M Davidson
Lieut S D Connell
Lieut S S Norman
1915
Lieut Col H W E Hitchins
Lieut E R Vanderspar
2nd Lieut J N Washington
2nd Lieut D A Glen
1916
Lieut J Burdon
Captain R F Lynch
Captain H T R S Wright
1917
2nd Lieut W G Yates
1918
Bt Lt Col P V Holberton
Captain W B Shipster MC
Lieut W T D Wickham
Lieut ( Major) E P Plenty
Who were Cadets at this College, and to all other Officers, Warrant Officers, NCOs and Men of all Battalions of the Manchester Regiment, who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914-1918.
The Memorial Chapel Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Cadets who served in WWII are remembered in the carved pew ends, which were dedicated in October 1950. The regimental fleur de lys is carved on the end of the 15th row of pews in the main aisle of the nave.
Siddington Church, Cheshire
'Who dies if England live. I have striven to live worthily'.
The stained glass memorial window to the life of Wilfrith Elstob VC DSO MC showing full-length figures of St George and King Alfred.
Siddington Church, Cheshire
Commemorative brass plaque below the window.
To the honoured memory of Lieutenant Colonel Wilfrith Elstob VC DSO MC / 16th Manchester Regiment 1st City Battalion / Third son of the Vicar of this Parish / killed in action whilst commanding his battalion in the famous defence of Manchester Hill, France / 21st March 1918 Aged 29 / The Manchester Regiment will defend Manchester Hill to the last / Manchesters! Here we fight and here we die.
Holy Trinity Church, Winster, Cumbria
Bronze memorial plaque surmounted with circular wreath and the Sphinx in white and red enamel.
To the memory of Joseph Holt, elder son of Sir Joseph Holt Bart & Elizabeth his wife, Blackwell, Windermere/ Captain 6th Batt Manchester Reg who was killed in action in the Gallipoli Peninsula on the fourteenth of June 1915 Aged 33 years
Holy Trinity Church, Winster, Cumbria
A sandstone memorial cross in the churchyard inscribed to the memory of Captain Joseph Holt and three others.
Sedbergh School, Cumbria
A memorial plaque.
In memory of Alexander Nicol Milne
Captain in the 6th Manchesters East Lancashire Division
Killed in Action August 7th 1915 in Gallipoli aged 31
Sedbergh School 1896-1903
University Barracks, Manchester
The original war memorial to the dead of WWI of the 6th Manchesters was unveiled in the Stretford Road Drill Hall on 12 June 1921. The memorial was dedicated by the Rev E T Kirby MC, late Chaplain to the Forces. It consists of seven polished dark-oak panels, six of which contain in gold lettering the names of the 1,057 officers and men of the battalion who laid down their lives. The seventh panel contains in illuminated text the inscription of the memorial headed by the words 'The Glorious Dead'. Following the demolition of the drill hall and its replacement by University Barracks in 1995, the memorial panels were cleaned and installed in the new building.
Oldham Civic Centre
Two bronze memorial tablets were unveiled in the Oldham Town Hall in 1921. The inscriptions set out the achievements of the 10th and 24th Manchesters in WWI. These are now located in the Civic Centre together with the Colours and silver drums of the 10th Battalion.
Oldham Civic Centre
The 10th Manchesters Silver Drums are the battalions war memorial with the name of every man killed in action engraved on the drums.
Mustapha Barracks, Alexandria - now in University Barracks, Manchester
To the memory of the officers, warrant officers non-commissioned offices and men of the I/VIth Battn Manchester Regiment T.F. who fell for King and Country in the Gallipoli campaign of MCMXV this monument was here placed by their comrades. The battn was quartered in these barracks from September 27th MCMXIV to January 19th MCMXV and embarked for Gallipoli from the port of Alexandria May 3rd MCMXV.
At the end of WWI this bronze memorial plaque was erected in the Chapel in Mustapha Barracks, Alexandria. In 1946 with the evacuation of British Troops from Egypt, the memorial was sent to England and is now located in University Barracks, the original home of the 6th Battalion.
Museum of the Manchester Regiment, Ashton-under-Lyne
A stained glass window, previously in St George's Church, Hyde
To the memory of Lieutenant Edward Worsley Westbrook. Age 22.
8th Battalion Manchester Regiment.
He lived at Silver Hill, Hyde. His father, the late G J Westbrook, had for many years been the Clerk to the County Justices of Hyde and Dukinfield. His two elder brothers were partners in a legal firm in Hyde and Stalybridge. He died of his wounds on 8 November 1915 and is buried in Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Gallipoli. The fine stained glass memorial window dedicated to his memory is now displayed in the Ladysmith Gallery.
Museum of the Manchester Regiment, Ashton-under-Lyne
A memorial plaque to the memory of Lieutenant Alan James Ingram Donald, Age 21, 6th Manchesters. Killed in action at Gallipoli on 4 June 1915. The eldest son of Dr Archibald Donald of Victoria Park, Manchester. Educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. No known grave. Name on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli.
The plaque was previously in a Manchester church, now demolished, and is displayed in the Ladysmith Gallery.
Museum of the Manchester Regiment, Ashton-under-Lyne
A brass memorial plaque. At the head is the Sphinx, battle honour of the Regiment,
In loving memory of Eric Dean Arnold
Signaller 2/6th Manchester Regiment who fell in action near Passchendaele October 7th 1917 Aged 22
The plaque was previously in a Manchester church, now demolished, and is displayed in the Ladysmith Gallery.
Museum of the Manchester Regiment, Ashton-under-Lyne
A small brass plaque
To the memory of Captain Frank Hamer, age 35 years. 9th Manchesters.
A member of this Council. Killed in action at Gallipoli on 7 June 1915.
Son of William Hamer JP of Birch House, Ashton-under-Lyne.
No known grave. Name on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli. The plaque was previously positioned in the Ashton Town Hall where Hamer had been a pre-war councillor.
Museum of the Manchester Regiment, Ashton-under-Lyne
A large mahogany memorial board within a carved frame. To the memory of the officers, NCOS and men of the 1/6 th Battalion who died at Gallipoli.
(Currently in the reserve collection)
Museum of the Manchester Regiment, Ashton-under-Lyne
This bronze memorial commemorates those employees of B & S Massey, Ashton Old Road, Openshaw who lost their lives in the Great War 1914/1918.
Alfred Ridges (6th Manchesters), J W Edwards (23rd Manchesters), Reginald Jones (20th Manchesters), W H Lowe ( Liverpool Regiment), C E Boler (Royal Horse Artillery), Thomas Phillips (Royal Horse Artillery), Arthur Bradshaw (Royal Engineers)
The survival of this plaque is due to the interest of Mr Horrocks of Ashton-under-Lyne and Mr F W Singleton - Scrap Metal Merchant of Clayton who preserved the plaque when it was brought in as scrap. This plaque is now on display in the Forshaw Gallery.
Museum of the Manchester Regiment, Ashton-under-Lyne
In Memoriam
J J O'Connor 9th Battalion / Frederick Sawyer 9th Battalion
Victor Bramall 9th Battalion / John W Bent 12th Cheshires
Dulce et Decorum Est
Pro Patria Mori
A stone memorial originally in the factory of Hoskin Hopkinson of Audenshaw.
Christ Church Woodford, Wilmslow, Cheshire
A carved oak cross in the churchyard:
In loving memory of Sec'd Lieut Frank S Brooks
20th Manchester Reg (Pals)
Killed in action at Fricourt, France
July 1st 1916
For King and Country
St John's Chrysostoms Church, Anson Road, Manchester
A memorial window to Corporal Frank Lucas, 17th Manchesters.
Erected by his parents.
St John's Chryostoms Church, Anson Road, Manchester
Memorial plaque to the memory of Lieutenant John William Womersley,
8th Manchesters in the memorial chapel. Killed in action at Gallipoli on 4 June 1915 age 31 years. Also commemorated at the Redoubt Cemetery, Gallipoli.
Heaton Moor Methodist Church, Stockport
A circular metal plaque commemorates seven men of the congregation who died. Amongst these are the names of:
17618 Lance Corporal Ernest Faragher 20th Manchesters. KIA 01/07/1916
10816 Private John Gorton 18th Manchesters. KIA 09/07/1916
7167 Private Thomas Yarwood 16th Manchesters. KIA 21/03/1918
St John's Church, Clifton, Preston
A rectangular brass plaque with the Brunswick Star badge of the Regiment in the top left hand corner.
To the Glory of God and in loving and honoured memory of our only son James Titterington
Staff Sergt 6th Manchester Regiment who fell at Arras August 29th 1918 aged 28 years while gallantly leading his men in a victorious action
"Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends"
All Saints Church, Denstone, Derbyshire
A rectangular bronze wall plaque in the Heywood family church.
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Arthur George Percival Heywood
Major 1/6th Manchester Regiment. Who having served throughout the Great War was mortally wounded near Albert and died September 12 1918
He is buried in St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.
All Saints Church, Denstone, Derbyshire
Memorials to others of the Heywood family who served with the 6th Battalion.
Waterhead Parish Church, Oldham
A marble memorial wall tablet superimposed with the coat of arms of Manchester on the inner north wall of the church.
In loving memory of Llewellyn Albert Harries-Jones 2nd Lieutenant 18th Manchester Regiment only son of the late Llewellyn Golyddan Albert Harrie-Jones, Waterhead, Oldham who enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st October 1914 and was killed in action at Guillemont on the 30th day of July 1916, aged 24
St Chad's Church, Poulton le Fylde
Engraved brass plate approx 2 feet square on wooden base. Overlooking the altar.
"To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Captain G H Richardson MC 22nd Battalion Manchester Regiment who fell in battle in Italy on the 29th October 1918.
He was the youngest son of the Rev William and Mary Anne Richardson
And was born at the vicarage Poulton le Fylde on the 14th November 1879.
He fought with conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.
He was a brave soldier and much beloved."
The Ryley's School, Alderley Edge, Cheshire
Painted inscription on east wall of the school dining hall.
Lieut Colonel Wilfred Elstob VC DSO MC
The 16th Battalion will defend Manchester Hill to the last man.
The Ryley's School, Alderley Edge, Cheshire
Painted inscription in the school dining hall to:
Lieut Colonel Claude Worthington DSO
Dean Row Unitarian Chapel, Wilmslow, Cheshire
The original wooden marker from his grave in France for Lieut Colonel Claude Worthington DSO is fastened to the inner wall of the entrance porch.
Manchester Cathedral - inner west wall
A fine brass memorial plaque to Captain Walter Neville Bazley of the 6th Manchesters is positioned on the inner west wall of the cathedral. Killed in action at Gallipoli on 23 May 1915 age 42 years. He had served with distinction in the Mounted Infantry Company of the 2nd Manchesters in the Boer War.
To the glory of God and in loving memory of Thomas Albert Bazley who died July 23, 1911. Aged 65 years
Also of his son Walter Neville Bazley Captain in the 6th Battalion Manchester Regiment who laid down his life for his King and Country in May 1915 Aged 42 years
Busk Wood, Little Langdale, Cumbria
In the wood is a plain memorial stone to 2nd Lieutenant James Denton Lee of 10th Manchesters.
'In loving memory, Denton Lee, died of wounds. 1914-1918.'
He died of his wounds 22 January 1918 & is buried in Lister Lee Cemetery, Halifax.
Studham Church, Bedford
A roll of honour to local men including photographs in a glass case. One is Captain Clarence James Thody, 8th (Ardwick) Battalion, killed in action 30 August 1918, Age 33. Buried in Manchester Cemetery, Riencourt-Les-Bapaume, France. The son of W A Thody, Master of the Ardwick Green Industrial School, Manchester.
Town Hall, Wigan
VC commemorative plaque - Alfred Wilkinson
St Mary's Parish Church, Cheadle, Stockport
Plaque to H J Rose, churchwarden from 1910 and Captain 8th (Ardwick) Battalion.
Town Hall, Leigh, Lancashire
Plaque to Lance Corporal Alfred Wilkinson VC. Unveiled 27 January 2005
Town Hall, Huddersfield,
Plaque to Sergeant Harry Coverdale VC.
The Sculpture Hall, Manchester Town Hall
A carved wooden memorial wall plaque on a marble base unveiled 2 November 1921.
This tablet is erected by the Corporation of Manchester to record the great achievement of two Manchester men, Captain Sir John Alcock KBE DSO and Lieutenant Sir Arthur Whitten Brown KBE, who on the fifteenth day of June 1919 were the first to fly without a stop across the Atlantic Ocean from America to the British Isles, the time taken for covering the distance being 15 hours 57 minutes; the distance covered being 1,950 statute miles and the aeroplane used being entirely of British manufacture.
Arthur Whitten Brown was commissioned in the Manchester Regiment in early 1915 serving with the 3rd Battalion and joined the 2nd Battalion in the Ypres salient at the beginning of June 1915. Several months later he transferred to the newly formed Flying Corps.
St Peter and St Paul Church, Eye, Leominster, Hereford
A fine marble wall memorial. Wording in gold on black marble, all enclosed in a white marble frame supported on each side by two young male figures carrying upturned flames.
In loving memory of the three sons of Lord and Lady Cawley of Berrington Hall in this Parish who fell in the Great War
Captain Harold Thomas Cawley MP 1/6th Manchester Regt Terr. Killed Sept 24 1915 at Gallipoli and is buried there - aged 37