Manchester Airport Memorial Garden

There are a number of individual memorials in the small Memorial Garden located near Terminal 1.

This Stone Commemorates

the Formation of

THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT

in 1940

At the command of Winston Churchill

No.1 PARACHUTE TRAINING SCHOOL

was founded at Ringway

leading to the establishment

of the Regiment in 1942

This Memorial is Dedicated

to the Officers and Men of

THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT

past and present and those of the

ALLIED AIRBORNE FORCES

who were trained at Ringway by the

ROYAL AIR FORCE

This stone commemorates the service, dedication and duty

shown by Officers and NCOs, men and women,

of the following organisations during the period 1940 - 1945

WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Parachute Packers

AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY

Number 14 Ferry Pool

SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE

For training and operations duties

conducted from this airport

POLISH FORCES

AT

No 1 PARACHUTE TRAINING SCHOOL

RINGWAY 1941 - 46

THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE 6000

POLISH OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE

1ST INDEPENDENT POLISH PARACHUTE BRIGADE

AND MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE

WHO UNDERTOOK PARACHUTE TRAINING

TOGETHER WITH NATIONALS OF

BELGIUM, FRANCE, HOLLAND AND NORWAY

AT RINGWAY - MANCHESTER DURING WORD WAR II

TOBIE CJCZYZNO

HERE AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT

THE FIRST TRIALS OF GLIDERS

FOR MILITARY PURPOSES WERE

CARRIED OUT IN 1940.

THIS LED TO THE FORMATION OF

THE GLIDER PILOT REGIMENT

ARMY AIR CORPS IN 1942.

THE MOTTO OF THE REGIMENT WAS

"NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE"

SEMPER PARATI

613 (CITY OF MANCHESTER) SQUADRON

ROYAL AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

WAS FORMED HERE AT RINGWAY

ON 1st MARCH 1939

This Commemorative Stone

Is Dedicated To All Those Who

Served With The Squadron

And Is A Memorial To

Those Who Gave Their Lives

1939 - 1957

OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT

HIND                            MUSTANG

HECTOR                    MOSQUITO

LYSANDER                   SPITFIRE

TOMAHAWK                  VAMPIRE

All photos by Chris Gleave

Berlin Soviet War Memorial Tiergarten

One of the three large Soviet Memorial in Berlin and is located on Straße des 17. Juni in the Tiergarten. It is also the final resting place of approximately 2000 men who died in the Battle for Berlin. Find on a map.

ВЄЧНАЯ СЛАВА

ГЕРОЯМ ПАВШЍМ

ВХБОЯХ С НЕМЕЦЌО

ФАШИСТСКИМИ

ЗАХВАТЧИКАМИ

ЗА СВОБОДУ И

НЕЗАВИСИМОСТЬ

СОВЕТСКОГО

СОЮЗА

ETERNAL GLORY

TO HEROES

WHO FELL IN THE

STRUGGLE AGAINST

THE GERMAN

FASCIST INVADERS

FOR THE FREEDOM

AND INDEPENDENCE

OF THE SOVIET UNION

EWIGER RUHM

DEN HELDEN, DIE

IN DEN KÄMPFEN

MIT DEN DEUTSCH

EINDRINGLINGEN

FUR DIE FREIHEIT

UND UNABHÄNGIG

KEIT DER SOWJET

UNION FIELEN!

All photos by Chris Gleave.

Gorton & Abbey Hey War Memorial

On the junction of Lees Street and Constable Street in Gorton. Find on map.

Round the base reads.

IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY

THEIR BRIGHT SPIRITS STILL TENANT THE

HEARTS OF THOSE WHO LOVED THEM

THEY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MAN BY

THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE

LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT

THESE NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN

THE GREAT WAR

1914 - 1919

1939 - 1945

 The men remembered.

PTE H AINSWORTH

PTE W AINWORTH

PTE F ALBERY

PTE A J BAILEY

PTE F BALL

PTE H BALL

CPL J BARLOW

PTE J BATE

PTE W BATES

PTE A BAXTER

PTE W BAXTER

BDR J BLACKBURN

L/CPL J G BLANDFORD

L/CPL W BOLTON

PTE H BOOTH

SAP J E BOOTH M.M.

PTE W B BOTTOM

PTE A BOYES

PTE E BRIDGE

PTE A S BROMLEY

CPL A BUCKLEY

PTE P BUCKLEY

PTE W A BURNS

PTE J H CARLTON

PTE W F CARLTON

PTE A R CHADWICK

PTE A H CHAUNDY

PTE A N CLARKE

PTE J COAKLEY

SAP R W CORRIE

PTE F CRUMLEY

CPL H J CRUMLEY

PTE S DALE

PTE W S DENT

PTE A DICKINGS

L/CPL J P DOOLEY

SGT/ MAJ R DOOTSON

PTE R DUDLEY

PTE J ECKERSLEY

PTE G ESTLES

SGT J ESTLES

PTE G FARRISH

PTE H FAULKNER

PTE J FIELDING

PTE J S FIELDING

PTE R FLEMING

GNR N FLETCHER

PTE L GABBOTT

PTE A GLOVER

CPL E GODSALL

CPL J T GODSALL

PTE J F GRIFFIN

SAP R E GRIFFITHS

PTE J GRIMSHAW

PTE S E GRIMSHAW

PTE S HASLAM

SGT J HAYWARD

L/CPL J HEAP

PTE G HIGHTON

PTE J J HIGHTON

PTE W HORRIDGE

PTE W HOUSEMAN

PTE A HUDSON

PTE T HULME

L/CPL J JENKS

PTE H D JOHNSON

PTE O H JOHNSON

PTE C JONES

PTE G JONES

PTE C H KENYON

L/CPL J LITTLER

PTE F LOMAS

PTE L B LOMAS

PTE A C MANN

PTE W MAPLESTON

L/CPL W MASSEY

PTE J F MAY

PTE F MCGLYNN

PTE S W MCKIERNON

PTE E S MEEDS

SGT A MILLER

PTE J MILLS

PTE W MILLS

PTE S MILLWARD

CPL J MORRIS

PTE E MORRISSEY

PTE R NIGHTINGALE

PTE J NOBLE

S/SGT R NORBURY

PTE D O'BRIEN

PTE A OGILIVE

PTE C H OLLERENSHAW

PTE E L PLAYFOOT

PTE E POLLITT

PTE J A PRIESTLEY

SGT G H RASTALL

PTE S RAWSTERNE

PTE D RAY

CPL H ROBERTSON

PTE E ROBINSON

2ND LT J A ROWBOTTOM

2ND LT J ROWLEY

PTE E SAXON

PTE W SAXON

PTE W E SAXON

PTE G E SCHOFIELD

PTE B SEABORN

PTE B SHAW

PTE F T SHINGLER

PTE G SIMPSON R.N.

LT L J SITFORD

PTE E S SMITH

PTE R H SMITH

PTE C STOTT

PTE T STUBBS

PTE A SUNDERLAND

PTE H SUNDERLAND

PTE F TAYLOR

PTE J H TOFT

PTE T M K TURNER

PTE J VALENTINE

PTE R VALENTINE

L/CPL A VICKERS

PTE N VICKERS

PTE A WALKER

PTE W WALKER

PTE G WALTON

PTE W WASS

PTE J WAUGH

PTE J H WAUGH

PTE A WHEELER

2ND LT W WILCOX

A.S. W F WILSON

L/CPL W H WINFIELD

Q.M.S. W H WOLSTENHOLME

LT R C WOODS

PTE J WORTHINGTON

PTE H WRIGHT

CPL F WRIGLEY

A small plaque to one side reads.

IN PROUD MEMORY OF

THE MEN AND WOMEN

OF THIS CITY

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AT

THE CALL OF THEIR COUNTRY

IN THE YEARS SINCE 1945

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

All photos by Chris Gleave

Bury Fusiliers Memorial

The Fusiliers Memorial currently stands in the Gallipoli Gardens on Silver Street out side the Fusiliers Museum. The memorial used to be located outside the Wellington Barracks on Bolton Road, and was moved here when the barracks were closed.

XX

OMNIA AUDAX

MCM

XIV

+

MCM

XIX

TO THE

LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS

THEIR

DEEDS AND SACRIFICES

FOR

KING AND COUNTRY

MCMXXXIX

+

MCMXLV

AND ALL FUSILIERS WHO DIED

IN SUBSEQUENT CAMPAINGNS

On the Centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign

25th April 2015

In recognition of the 6 Victoria Crosses awarded to

Major Cuthbert Bromley

Captain Richard Willis

Sergeant John Grimshaw

Sergeant Alfred Richards

Sergeant Frank Stubbs

Private William Kenealy

Photos by Chris Gleave

Bury Unitarian Churches Memorial

In Library Gardens on the corner of Manchester Road and Bank Street opposite the Fusiliers Museum, it lists the fallen from several local Unitarian Churches.

BURY

UNITARIAN

CHURCH

BRITAIN HILL

UNITARIAN CHURCH

HEYWOOD

1914-1918

HARRY DEARDEN

TOM BAMPTON

FRED WARREN

FRANK GREENWOOD

WILLIAM CROWTHER

1939-1945

CLIFFORD ATKINSON

FRED FITTON

DONALD HEALEY

RONALD SOKELL

HARRY TAYLOR

BANK STREET

PRESBYTERIAN CHAPEL

UNITARIAN

1914-1918

RICHARD AINSWORTH

FRED A ASHWORTH

FRED ATKINSON

HENRY J BARRETT

SAMUEL BRIDGE

JAMES R I BRIELEY

JOHN CHADDERTON

MARY CLOUGH

WILLIAM COOPER

ALBERT CRAWSHAW

HARRY CRAWSHAW

HERBERT DAWSON

WALTER DEARDEN

FRANK DOODSON

JOHN EATOUGH

LEONARD EATOUGH

JOSEPH W ELLIOT

ROBERT FITTON

FRED GREENHALGH

HARRY GREENHALGH

FRED HARDMAN

GEORGE HARDMAN

ROBERT HESELWOOD

WILLIAM D HESLOP

FRANK HOWARD

JOHN S HUTCHINSON

JACK MCGANN

GEORGE RICHARDSON

HUBERT TAYLOR

JOSEPH TAYLOR

ROBERT TURNER

JAMES A WALKER

FRANK H WHITEHEAD

ROBERT WHITWORTH

HARRY WILD

JOHN WILD

THOMAS WILD

THOMAS WILD

CHARLES WILDE

EDGAR O WILKINSON

1939-1945

ARTHUR ASHTON

HAROLD ASHWORTH

CLIFFORD ATKINSON

JOHN BURNS

JOHN CRAWSHAW

ARTHUR FITZSIMMONS

HUGH LOCKHEAD

CHESHAM

UNITARIAN CHURCH

BURY

1914-1918

RICHARD ARMSTRONG

ARTHUR ASHWORTH

EDWIN ASHWORTH

STANLEY BRACEWELL

DAVID CURRIE

JOSEPH ELLIOTT

ARTHUR ENTWISTLE

FRED HAYHURST

ARTHUR HENDERSON

SIDNEY JACKSON

JOHN LEACH

NATHAN LEEK

JACK MITCHINSON

ROBERT NUTTALL

WILLIAM ORRELL

ERIC PARKINSON

WILFRED RIGBY

ALFRED RYAN

WILLIAM SANDLFORD

JOHN SCHOFIELD

ALBERT SMITH

JOE TAYLOR

THOMAS WILSON

1939-1945

WILLIAM COPE

All photographs by Chris Gleave

Bury Costal Forces & Robert Whitehead Memorial

In Whitehead Gardens on the junction od Manchester Road and Knowsley Road close to the Fusiliers Boer War Memorial.

COASTAL FORCES

VETERANS ASSOCIATION

EAST LANCASHIRE

BRANCH

ROLL OF HONOUR

ENSHRINED IN THIS TORPEDO ARE

THE NAMES OF OFFICERS AND RATINGS

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING

SERVICE IN THE COASTAL FORCES

BRANCH OF THE ROYAL NAVY IN

WORLD WAR II

1935 - 45

"LET LIGHT ETERNAL SHINE UPON THEM"

THE FULL INVENTORY IS CONTAINED

IN THE "BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE"

WHICH IS ON DISPLAY IN BURY PARISH

CHURCH

A TRIBUTE TO

ROBERT WHITEHEAD

(1829 - 1905)

A MEMBER OF THE WHITEHEAD FAMILY OF BURY

HE INVENTED THE TORPEDO

HIS DAUGHTER AGATHA VON TRAPP WAS THE

GRANDMOTHER OF THE CHILDREN WHOSE

ESCAPADES WERE FEATURED IN THE FILM

"THE SOUND OF MUSIC"

All photographs by Chris Gleave

Bury Boer War Memorial

The Lancashire Fusiliers Boer War Memorial is located in Whitehead Gardens also known as the Clock Tower Gardens on the junction of Manchester Road and Knowsley Street in Bury. The memorial was moved here in the 1980's from its original location in the Market Place.

TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY

OF LANCASHIRE FUSILERS

LINE MILITIA & VOLUNTEER

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR

THEIR SOVEREIGN & COUNTRY

IN SOUTH AFRICA 1900-2

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED

BY THEIR COMRADES OF ALL

RANKS & BY FRIENDS OF

THE REGIMENT

THE NAMES OF OFFICERS

NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN

WHO WERE KILLED OR WHO DIED

IN SOUTH AFRICA

1900-1902

CAPTAINS

C H HICKS

G M STEWART

V H A AWDRY

R R CHALLENOR

G de C LEMARCHANT

D H PARKER

R B BLUNT

LEUTENANTS

J J R MALLOCK

E FRASER

P F NEWNHAM

(INDIAN STAFF CORPS)

F O BARKER

COLOUR-SERGEANTS

ASTLEY J

POTTER R J

SHOEBOTHAM A

WAINWRIGHT J

SERGEANT-DRUMMER

BROWN T

SERGEANTS

CASS F

COX J

GREGORY J

HOLMES J A

HOPE F

HORRIDGE J

LIGHTFOOT R

STEWART J

CORPORALS

ALLEN A J

DARBY J

GREENHALL S

HEATON J V

KING T

LEIGHTON S

LUNN J

MASON E

LANCE-CORPORALS

CONCANNON J

CONNOLLY F T

DAVIES A

FLETCHER T

FOY N

KENNEDY W

KENYON W

LANG J

MITCHELL C

MITCHELL H

NIXON J

PRICE D

WALSH E

WALSH T

DRUMMERS

BACON J H

GREGG R

HODGSON F

SHEARON R

PRIVATES

APPLETON J

BAINBRIDGE E

BALLARD E

BARLOW R

BATTINSON W R

BEARD J

BECKFORD W

BENNETT S

BINNS W

BIRCH C

BOOTH W

BRADLEY G H

BRADY J

BRAZIER E

BRODERCK J

BROWN A A

BROWN E

BROWN J

BUCKLEY A

BULLO R

BURKE J

BUTLER T

BUTTERWORTH R

CADMAN J

CARNEY M

CARR J

CARTER T

CAVANAGH P

CHANEY J

COALBY J

COOKE B G

COPE B

CORRIGAN P

CROSBY J

DALANEY D

DALE A

DANIELS J

DEMPSEY W

DEVINE D

DODD C E

DOYLE G

DOYLE J

DYER D

EAVES R

ESCRITT H

EVERETT F

FLETCHER J

FOLEY J

FOTHERGILL T

FRASER J

FRIARS A H

GARNER W

GILL L

GOUGH A

GREEN G

GREEN M

GREENHALGH S

GREENWOOD F

GRIMSHAW W

HANDS W H

HANNON J

HARAN J

HARMER J

HART J

HARTLEY D

HASLAM T

HAWKER E

HAYNES W

HEATH G

HENDERSON J

HENRY J

HEYES J

HILL H

HILLYARD C

HINDLEY R

HODGSON F

HOGAN J

HOPKINS A

HOPKINS R

HOPKINS T

HORNER F M

HOULTRAM A

HOWELL A

JACKSON A

PRIVATES

JACKSON J

JACKSON T

JACQUES H

JOHNSTON J

KAVANAGH T

KAY A

KAY J

KEARNS J

KENNY J

LANE J

LAWSON J

LEE J

LEVETT T

LIGHTBOWN E

LINDLEY E

LONGWORTH S

LYONS J

M'CORMICK W

M'KEOWN W H

M'MANN C F

MARCHINGTON J

MARGERISON J

MARR P

MILLER G

MILLER H E

MOORE T

MOORES T

MOSELEY A

MOULTON F E

O'HARA J

OPENSHAW S

ORTON G

PEARSON J

PENDLEBURY J W

PENNOCK J

POLLARD J

POLLITT F

POWELL T

PRATT J

PULLEN F

RATCHFORD W

RAVEN H

REED H E

REEVES C

RICE T

RICHARDSON G H

RIGBY C

ROBERTS T

ROBINSON E

ROGERS R

ROTHWELL H

ROYLE J

RUSHMAN W

SALISBURY W

SINGLETON C

SINGLETON J

SINNETT T

SMITH A

SMITH E

SMITH G

STINSON J

STREET A

SWALES W

TAYLOR J

TAYLOR J

TAYLOR R

TAYLOR S

TERNEY G

THOMPSON E

TIMMINS P

TOBIN J

TURNER J T

WALKER J

WALSH M

WANLESS A

WELSFORD J

WESTHEAD J

WHITE J

WHITEHEAD C

WHITEHEAD J

WHITEHEAD R T

WILDMAN R

WILLIAMS A

WILLIAMSON J

WILSON G

WILSON J

WOODFORD H J

All photographs by Chris Gleave

Bury Holy Trinity School Memorial

A plaque commemorating men from Holy Trinity Church who fell in the Great War. It is mounted on an exterior wall of Trinity Primary School off Trinity Street in Bury.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY

OF

THE MEN & LADS

OF HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

AND PARISH

WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES

FOR HONOUR AND FREEDOM

IN THE WAR

1914-1918

THIS SCHOOL HAVING BEEN

DESTROYED BY FIRE

ON JANUARY 26th 1920

WAS REBUILT

A.D. 1923 - 1924

THE GLORY OF THIS LATTER HOUSE

SHALL BE GREATER THAN THE

FORMER, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS.

HAGGAI 11.3

All photographs by Chris Gleave