Failsworth District - WW1

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Reference WMO/97685

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Memorial garden

Oldham Road

jct Field Street

Failsworth

M35 0HJ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Allegory (eg: Victory)
Lettering: Incised
About the memorial: First World War memorial, c.1923, Portland stone. Fluted column with coloured decoration surmounted by bronze winged figure and bronze laurel wreath. Stepped square stone plinth. Octagonal base with inscription on main SE face reads 'Remembrance 1914 1918'. To rear inscription reads 'They died in many lands that we may live here in peace'. Fluted column tapers and curves anti-clockwise from mid-point to domed top. Vertical patterning on top part of column of blue/green medallions and red waves within green border. Bronze winged figure of Victory holding laurel wreath and staff surmounts dome. Bronze wreath attached to top of column and figure. HISTORY: Unveiled on 10th June 1923 the memorial commemorates those lost during the First World War. It remains unknown who the designer was or who unveiled the memorial.
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Plaque: THE GARDEN WAS REDEDICATED/ ON THE/ 10TH JUNE 2007/ BY THE/ LORD LIEUTENANT OF/ GREATER MANCHESTER/ COL.SIR JOHN B. TIMMINS/ ON BEHALF OF THE/ FAILSWORTH WAR MEMORIAL/ STEERING GROUP Wall: THEY DIED IN MANY LANDS SO WE COULD LIVE HERE IN PEACE/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF ALL LIVES LOST IN CONFLICT Column -West side: THEY DIED IN MANY LANDS/ THAT/ WE MAY LIVE HERE IN PEACE Column - East side: REMEMBRANCE 1914 1918

Grade II (England)

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