Memorial

Manchester University- 'The Quad Memorial'

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Under a clock on the side of the John Owen’s Building, in the main quadrangle, Manchester University, Oxford Road, Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M13 9QQ, England

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SJ 84585 96671

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 16001
Description: TWO PANELS, WW1 AT EYE LEVEL AND WW2 AROUND 4FT ABOVE IT. UNIVERSITY ARMS AND MOTTO ABOVE The ordering follows military precedence. The Navy as the Senior Service is listed first, then the Army with the artillery, cavalry/tank, engineers, and then infantry regiments oldest to newest. Men are then listed by rank under their regiment, and within that alphabetically. The Officer Training Corps had a strong influence on how the names were listed. It gives some sense of order to the loss, but does make a distinction between the men that is not as prominent, or present, on the other memorials.
Inscription: BOTTOM PLAQUE: TO THE MEMBERS OF THE/ UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER/ AND OF THE OFFICERS/ TRAINING CORPS WHO LAID/ DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ IN GRATEFUL AND/ ENDURING/ REMEMBRANCE./ HE HAS BOUGHT HIS ETERNITY WITH/ A LITTLE HOUR AND IS NOT DEAD/ (NAMES) TOP PLAQUE: TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER / AND OF THE UNIVERSITY'S SENIOR TRAINING CORPS / AND AIR SQUADRON WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN / THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1946 / THEY WENT OUT FROM THIS PLACE AND DID NOT / RETURN / NAMES

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 508
Died: 508
Information shown: rank, service, regiment, surname, initials of forenames
Order of names: service THEN regiment THEN rank THEN surname
Additional Information: University Records say there are 511 names, vice 508 so the MLFHS transcription may be missing 3 names

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 192
Died: 192
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames
Order of names: regiment THEN surname

History

Maker(s): Professor A.C. Dickie, Chair of Architecture at the University, Designer
MESSRS EARP HOBBS AND MILLER, Sculptor

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Manchester University- 'The Quad Memorial'

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Manchester University- 'The Quad Memorial'

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