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Clayton

Clayton war memorial is a sandstone four-stepped base surmounted by three plinths, a pillar with pediment and topped by another pillar and a small lantern. It is in Clayton Hall Gardens, Ashton New Road.

In 2020, £990 was awarded through War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme supported by the First World War Memorials Programme. It supported repair and conservation works which included stone cleaning of the memorial using DOFF, careful removal of the defective/loose mortar from the memorials construction joints and re-pointing using an appropriate lime mortar.

There was a defective piece of stone to the bottom corner of the inscription panel, previously containing a name, which was removed. This area of the lettering had become unreadable due to the deterioration of the surface of the stone so after its removal it was repaired, and the missing name reinscribed with colour matched repair mortar.

The memorial was unveiled in August 1921.

The inscription on the memorial reads:

“Peace
In Memoriam
The Great War
1914-1918
H . Jones
Sculptor 

Honour
In Memoriam
Other Conflicts
The Great War
1914-1918

Victory
In Memoriam
The Great War
1914-1918

Liberty
In Memoriam
The Great War
1914-1918”

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM252
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 13086

War Memorials Online: 261829

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

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