Manchester YMCA Memorial Books

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Reference WMO/285543

Address:

Manchester Central Library

St Peter's Square

Manchester

M2 5PD

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Roll of Honour or Book of Remembrance
Materials:
  • Other Other
  • Paper Paper
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Blue-covered Memorial Books with gold lettering and a floral representation of the YMCA's triangle symbol on the front, containing printed details of the sponsorship of rooms at the Manchester YMCA's Montgomery House (separate report). There are two books, each containing the same information, but one is thicker, having the printed information set between many blank pages. The printed pages are also soiled - perhaps from it having been the copy which was on display in the hostel chapel. The hostel was sold by the YMCA in 1986 and the books were removed and placed in the care of Manchester Libraries. (See also a separate report for the Caen Stone, the Foundation Stone for the hostel, also removed in 1986.) Plaques were affixed to the doors of the hostel rooms, commemorating the donors, and/or those who fell, mostly in WW2, in whose memories the donations were made. Also recorded in the book are other individuals, communities, and companies who funded rooms. Some of the companies used the opportunity to create a memorial to employees lost or served in the war. The book is divided into sections: 1. Donors for the public rooms; 2. Donors of bedrooms in memory of Officers and Men lost in WW2; 3. Companies who funded rooms in memory of staff who lost their lives; 4. Private donors of bedrooms; 5. Communities and companies who funded rooms, two of which commemorate staff who served, and two of which commemorate WW1 losses. The entries in each section are in alphabetical order. The room names or numbers allocated to each donation are recorded in the captions for the images. The whereabouts of the door plaques is unknown. Originally in the Chapel at Montgomery House, Demesne Road, Manchester, now in the Archives Department at Central Library. Two WW1 and 34 WW2 names
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Front cover: A Book of Remembrance/ Montgomery House/ Manchester; First page: A Book of Remembrance; Title page: The Officers and Members/ of the Manchester/ Young Men's Christian Association/ (Incorporated)/ wish to commemorate their/ Benefactors/ who in a spirit of love/ for their fellows and a desire to extend/ God's Kingdom have contributed of their/ substance to provide for the building of/ Montgomery House/ Manchester/ a home for the young men who come to this City/ to begin their commercial or professional life/ or to study in one of its Training Establishments; The book is divided into five sections, in each of which is recorded the different groups of donors: 1. The public rooms/ have been provided/ by the following/ benefactors (List follows - see Images and list under Sponsors ) 2. Especially esteemed are the/ following benefactions which/ have been made in memory/ of/ Officers and Men of His Majesty's/ Forces/ who gave their lives in the/ Second World War/ 1939-1945/ Bedrooms/ given by/ private benefactors/ commemorating Officers/ and Men/ who made the/ supreme sacrifice/ (Names follow) 3. Bedrooms/ given by Companies/ commemorating/ members of their staff/ who made the/ supreme sacrifice/ (Lists of Names above the Company title - these are each recorded as separate WMOs, and the Names appear there - and in the Images) 4. Private benefactors/ have by their gifts/ provided bedrooms/ as follows (List follows - see Images and list under Sponsors) 5/ Communities and business firms/ by their gifts have/ provided bedrooms/ as follows (List follows, which included commemorations by two companies for staff who served

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