Rochdale War Memorial
Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 6 September 2018
Like the Cenotaph in London (and the one in Manchester) Rochdale’s War Memorial was designed by Edwin Lutyens.
It lies opposite the Town Hall, but not facing it, with a memorial gardens behind.
Inscribed “1914-1919 and 1939-1945”. The carved wreath encloses the arms of Rochdale:-
The Stone of Remembrance faces the Town Hall and is inscribed, “Their name liveth for evermore.” The small bronze plaque reads, “To all those who died in the service of their country”:-
Strictly speaking the memorial is not a cenotaph (empty tomb) as it has a figure of a recumbent soldier wrapped in his greatcoat at its summit:-
Rochdale War Memorial Gardens which serve as Rochdale’s memorial to the Second World War:-
A Gallipoli Memorial lies between the Main War memorial and the Memorial Gardens:-
The Memorial Gardens, inscribed as a Memorial to the Rochdale members of the Lancashire Fusiliers :-
In front of and behind the Memorial – at right angles to the Town Hall – are two memorial benches:-
Tags: Cenotaph, First World War, Gallipoli, Rochdale, Second World War, the Great War, War Memorials, World War 1, World War 2, WW1, WW2, WWI, WWII
