Rochdale Parachute Regimental Association

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Reference WMO/304167

Address:

Rochdale Memorial Garden

The Esplanade

Rochdale

OL16 1AB

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Seat
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Black painted aluminium bench with silhouetted design on the back-rest depicting a white painted Dove of Peace carrying an olive branch in its beak, hovering over a scene of soldiers coming ashore from landing craft towards a map of Europe encircled in barbed wire, with a bomber and two figures flying overhead. A Brushed aluminium plaque sits in the left hand top corner bearing the incised inscription. It is one of a number of memorials in the Memorial Gardens Mass-produced benches of this kind are not usually deemed as separate war memorials, but this one has a specific memorial plaque attached to it, so can qualify for inclusion here.
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On the bench back rest: 1939 - 1945 On the plaque: For the Fallen/ Presented by/ Rochdale Parachute Regimental/ Association QAVS 2017/ Ad unum omnes

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