Memorial

Victory over Blindness Sculpture - Blind Veterans

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Current Location

Outside the MAIN (not the London Road) Entrance Doors, Manchester Piccadilly Railway Station, Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M1 2HE, England

OS Grid Reference

SJ 84739 97919

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast group
WMR Reference Number: 82016
Description: A group of seven bronze life sized Blinded Veterans walking together, with a bronze Dedication plaque on the 'Piccadilly Gardens' side, and a Braille dedication plaque on the other side of the group, behind them, directly in front of the station entrance doors.
Inscription: Victory Over Blindness/Johanna Domke-Guyot/Remembering the returning blind veterans /of the First World War/More than 3,000 veterans lost their sight as a result of their service in/the First World War. Making their way home from the front, they began/their journey to rebuild their lives after sight loss/In 1915 a charity was founded to support them./Blind Veterans UK , formally known as St Dunstan's, has continued to/support thousands more blind veterans to live independently as they/begin that same journey today./Rebuilding/lives after/sight loss/ This statute was unveiled by/HRH The Countess of Wessex,/GCVO on 16 October 2018 to/commemorate the 100th/anniversary of the end of the/First World War./

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

History

Maker(s): Johanna Domke-Guyot, Sculptor

Ceremonies

Unveiled

16 October 2018

HRH The Countess of Wessex

Conservation

Components

Sculpture

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

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Victory over Blindness Sculpture - Blind Veterans

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Victory over Blindness Sculpture - Blind Veterans

Current Location

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

Components

Further Information