Macclesfield

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Reference WMO/136426

Address:

Park Green

Macclesfield

SK11 7NA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Group sculpture
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Stone (any)
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The sculpture on the memorial includes the prone figure of a soldier killed in a gas attack (thought to be unique on a British war memorial) with Britannia offering a wreath of Victory. The surmounting figure represents 'Sorrow'. The names of the WW1 Fallen are contained on 4 pillars separate to the main Memorial, which is flanked by panels of Names of WW2 Fallen. The names from 'Other Conflicts' are named on the outside of a pillar on the right of the Main Memorial
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THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN/ HONOUR OF THE MACCLESFIELD MEN WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING/ & EMPIRE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ UNVEILED BY THE MAYOR OF MACCLESFIELD/ ALDERMAN J.G. FROST J.P. SEPTEMBER 21ST. 1921

Grade II* (England)

1220798

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