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8th Ardwick Battalion Manchester Regiment

8th Ardwick Battalion Manchester Regiment memorial is a domed cenotaph with an ionic column at each corner supporting an elaborate cornice with battle names in relief on its sides. The memorial has a three-stepped base with dedication and names incised on the faces of the monument. It is in Ardwick Green Park, Manchester. The memorial is Grade II listed.

In 2020, £1,880 was awarded through the War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme. It supported repair and conservation works which included cleaning and stone repairs. The monument areas at height were cleaned with the DOFF cleaning sytem with access by cherry picker, whilst floor level stonework was cleaned with nylon brushes, and then later steam-swept with the DOFF system. The chipped stonework areas were cleaned, prewetted and filled in two phases with colour matched lime mortar. The failed mortar lines were raked out by hand and repointed with colour matched lime mortar.

The inscription on the memorial reads:

“To the
Glorious
memory
of members
of the
8th
(Ardwick)
Battallion
Manchester
Regiment
who gave their lives
in the cause of
liberty and justice
in the Great War
1914-1919
They died that we might live in freedom.

In memory of
all ranks
who died on
active service
in the Second World War
1939-1945
Erected by their comrades and friends”

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM5664
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 2793

War Memorials Online: 247846

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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