Clayton War Memorial
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Clayton War Memorial by David Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Clayton War Memorial
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 13 Sep 2014
This large war memorial is at the south east corner of Clayton Park, adjacent to Ashton New Road and Clayton Hall Road. It was unveiled on Saturday, 20th August 1922 (http://manchestersalfordfamilyhistory.weebly.com/clayton-area.html excerpt from report in Manchester Guardian). The cenotaph, which is some 26 feet high, is raised up steps, and is four square, the names of the dead, who number 230, being placed on panels on the sides.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.482814
Longitude
-2.179886