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    Memorial

    Hale

    Memorial at Junction of Bloomfield Rd and Hale Rd Altrincham

    Source: Copyright Steve Jones

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    Current Location

    Set in trees at the junction of Hale Road and Broomfield Lane, Broomfield Lane/Hale road, Hale, Trafford, Greater Manchester, WA15 9AY, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SJ 7738 87051

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    Type of Memorial
    Serviceman / Servicewoman
    WMR Reference Number
    2064
    Description
    Helmeted soldier with rifle holding German spiked helmet surmounting tall pedestal on stepped base.
    Inscription
    THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE IMMORTAL HONOUR OF THE MEN OF HALE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/(Names) Front Facia: TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    156
    Died
    156
    Information shown
    surname,rank,regiment,forename,decorations
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    56
    Died
    56
    Maker(s)
    • F J WILCOXSON, Sculptor

    Costs
    £938:10:0

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    11 March 1922

    Lt. Gen. Sir Beauvoir de Lisle, KCB KC KCMG DSO.

    Components

    Figure

    Height: 2100MM


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Pedestal

    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    • THE ABSENT DEAD AND FIGURATIVE WAR MEMORIALS by MORIARTY, C 34,35 Source: Home NIWM Published:TRANSACTIONS OF THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS SOCIETY 1995 LONDON
  • Carter Postcard Collection
  • Sale & Altrincham Express Advertiser - 14 November 1991 - "Rembering in the rain"
  • Hale & Ashley: The past 100 Years - pg.158 - pub. by Hale Civic Society 1987
  • Hale Urban District Year Book c.1926
  • A History of Hale, Cheshire pg. 128 - by R.N. Dore - 1972
  • Altrincham, Hale & Bowden Guardian pgs.6,7, Friday 7 March 1922 - "Hale's Debt to the War Heroes"