Memorial
Belle Vue Zoological Gardens
Current Location
Near to the Chapels, Gorton Cemetery, Alvaston Road, Gorton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M18 7JQ, England
OS Grid Reference
SJ 89259 95442
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- WMR Reference Number
- 13127
- Description
- Square stone pillar with bronze relief sculpture of a bare chested female representing the figure of Peace, holding a lion cub under her right arm and a wreath in her left hand, surmounting a shield. Sculpted recumbant leopards in relief at the foot of Peace with relief musical instruments, firework rockets and pin wheels representing the occupations of the staff of the Belle Vue Zoological Gardens and Pleasure Grounds. The pillar widens towards the base in a series of ledges.
- Inscription
- Pillar: BELLE VUE MEMORIAL / KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE / (Names) / DIED FROM EFFECTS OF WAR / (Names)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 19
- Died
- 19
- Information shown
- surname, initials of forenames, rank, decorations, manner of death
- Order of names
- manner of death THEN rank THEN surname
- Maker(s)
Mr Ferdinand Victor Blundstone RBS, Sculptor
- Costs
- £140.9s.4d
- Sponsor Type
- corporate
- Maintenance History
- 2013: Inscription weathered and hard to read. c1960s: The bronze figure of Peace and the sculpted reliefs stolen. 1926: Belle Vue Zoological Gardens were on Hyde Road, Gorton. The memorial was unveiled in Gorton Cemetery and not in the zoological grounds.
Ceremonies
Unveiled
7 November 1926
Angelo Jennison
Dedicated
7 November 1926
Local Clergy/Dignitaries
Components
- Figure
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Lost
- Pillar
Height: C 2000MM
Width: C 700MM
Depth: C 700MM
Made from: Stone - Stancliffe
Condition: Unknown
- Other website http://manchesterhistory.net/bellevue/history.html