WW1 Memorial - Where?

[emmsthheight]

Hi and Thank You to everyone who helped with this.   

Thank you again Ken for the wonderful photo's, much enjoyed.

I've been sharing them with another family member and she came to wondering what was the significance of him being on this particular memorial?  He wasn't born there unless they took in a wider area.  ?  Live in Collyhurst?  Belong to a certain Parish?  I was guessing he lived there, but when put on the spot of course I didn't actually know.

Then I thought maybe someone on here might know the answer to that, as well.  I'm guessing as it was by public subscription that the council had a hand in it.

Best wishes and Thank You again.

Emms

[uk2003]

Hi Emms

Have you got a copy of the google map? if not please make a copy to your pc. I need to remove it from rootschat.

Ken

ps
This was a good hunt 

[emmsthheight]

Hi Ken

Thank you.  I enjoyed it too.  A great response from you all. 

Thank you again.

Emms

[goldy]

I found a pic pre restoration. http://images.manchester.gov.uk/web/pages/common/imagedisplay.php?irn=71840&reftable=ecatalogue&refirn=71380

http://images.manchester.gov.uk/web/pages/common/imagedisplay.php?irn=71841&reftable=ecatalogue&refirn=71381


http://images.manchester.gov.uk/Display.php?irn=71382&QueryPage=%2F

[emmsthheight]

Ooh!  After all this time!  Thank you for those links Goldie!

So cvan people who are local say, what the building on the right in the photo is?  I guess that means this is the Church of the Saviour?

Also, can we tell what date it is?

Best wishes

Emms

[goldy]

the red brick building idsthe cinema/bingo hall.
Across the road the church now looks like this.

http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/churchmap?T=SP,CCC=LAN,ID=SD8542700163


the pic said pre 1981.

[emmsthheight]

Hi Goldy

Thank you again.

I'm getting a bit confused now though.  Do I gather that like many places round there, there's been some demolition, or are the memorial, and the church, both under those trees?

Has the church been knocked down too?

Thank you for all your efforts.  This is great.

Good night.

Emms

[Conductor Mike]

Just a follow on to this one - The UK National Inventory of War Memorials has this memorial recorded, ref no 10721. The description on there provides additional references to articles etc. incl a story about interruptions to its cleaning in 2005! 

The entry also has no details of the 400+ boys named on the memorial, so when the photo's are circulating, please send copies of the names panels to:

UK National Inventory of War Memorials
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

In the meantime, I've followed the story with great interest. Well done all concerned.

Thanks in advance.  Conductor Mike

[manmack]

hiya guys.
the memorial,is for those who died in WW1,and also for those who served and survived
one of the names,thats been carved on the renovated memorial[j foco] has been mistranscribed,it should be J.HOGG.
some of these men are from collyhurst,new cross,newton heath and miles platting

heres two of them
pte 4513 herbert fleet
enlisted 16-1-16
aged 19
18th lancashire fusiliers
58 paget st,rochdale rd,manchester
parents richard+selina
occupation,pawnbrokers assistant
transferred to the 12th garrison battalion,north staffs regt
wounded 11-9-18
died of wounds,at 137th field ambulance,on 12-9-18

lance corporal 17433 herbert,andrew murdoch
enlisted 26-9-14
aged 32
15th royal scots
religion,CofE
worked as a packer on princess st,manchester
born salford
married miss annie moore at st.johns church,moston,on 3-6-11
son herbert,born 8-1-13
resided 278 collyhurst rd,manchester
father william,122 st simon st,salford
killed in action,1-7-16
his body was never found or identified,listed on the thiepval memorial

mack