Memorial

Macclesfield Park Green

Macclesfield Park Green VE Day 2015

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Park Green, Macclesfield, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 7LZ, England

SJ 91936 73228

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Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast group
WMR Reference Number: 2085
Description: Complex sculptural group. Pillar surmounted by a shrouded female figure with bowed head, holding a wreath in left hand and symbolising mourning. Pillar rests on cruciform plinth, on which a figure of Britannia in helmet with banner lays a crown of laurels on the body of a fallen soldier who is reaching for his gas mask. Names of WWI casualties engraved on four pillars around the memorial. Names of WWII casualties on metal tablets affixed to two low walls on either side of main part of memorial. Names of casualties of later conflicts on right side of pillar on main memorial.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face: THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN/ HONOUR OF MACCLESFIELD MEN WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING/ & EMPIRE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ UNVEILED BY THE MAYOR OF MACCLESFIELD/ ALDERMAN J G FROST JP SEPTEMBER 21ST 1921 3 o'clock face: FRANCE/ BELGIUM/ EGYPT 12 o'clock face: PALESTINE/ MESOPOTAMIA/ RUSSIA 9 o'clock face: ITALY/ MACEDONIA/ DARDANELLES Pillars : (Names)

Maker(s): Mr J Millard RSA, Sculptor
Maintenance History: Sunday 2nd July 2023: Unveiling of a pillar on which were a further 53 names of Macclesfield WWI casualties which were omitted from the original Park Green memorial