Memorial

Manchester Regiment South African War - The Last Shot

The memorial

Source: Copyright Mike Berrell

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Current Location

Just south of the entrance to the Royal Exchange Theatre, St Ann's Square, Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2 7JB, England

SJ 83800 98427

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 2036
Description: A cast bronze memorial depicting a soldier of the Manchester Regiment standing on a rock, with bayonet fixed at the "ready" while a wounded comrade at his feet hands him a cartridge to continue the fight. This is mounted on a bronze plinth on the front face of which is a wreath of bay leaves with palms of victory branching out from its sides. The casting stands on a pedestaled granite plinth with bronze plaques on all sides, which record the names of those who gave their lives in the War. The dedication is incised, and runs round the granite plinth, starting above the front plaque, with its final phrase to be found beneath the front plaque. The plinth stands on a three-stepped granite base, which bears inscriptions relating to the creation of the memorial, and which is protected by a ring of large granite globes. A companion memorial to the bronze plaque installed under the tower of Manchester Cathedral (WMR 55641), but bearing additional names.
Inscription: Around the granite plinth: To the Memory of the following/ Officers, Non-commissioned Officers,/ and Men who fell in the War/ in South Africa, 1899 - 1902/ Gallantly Serving their Sovereign and Country. On the brass plaques: (Names)/ And others whose names/ cannot be ascertained On the front steps: Hamo Thorneycroft RA/ Sc. 1907/ This Monument is Erected by Public Subscription

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 317
Died: 317
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, initials of forenames, battalion
Order of names: regiment THEN Battalion THEN rank THEN surname

Maker(s): MESSRS WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK LTD, Mason
J W Singer and Sons Ltd, Founder / Foundry
SIR WILLIAM HAMO THORNYCROFT RA, Sculptor

Unveiled

26th October 1908

Gen Sir Ian Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO