Blitz Commemorative Panel
Blitz Commemorative Panel

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A panel listing names of nursing staff who perished when the hospital was hit during an air raid in June 1941. The hospital closed in 1993 and is now apartments.
Title

Blitz Commemorative Panel

Date

1944

Medium

stone

Accession number

M3_MH_S057

Acquisition method

commissioned by Salford City Council

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Salford City Council

Custodian

Salford City Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

16th February 1944

Access

at all times

Inscription description

THIS PANEL RECORDS / THE NAMES OF FOURTEEN NURSES WHO LOST THEIR / LIVES AT THE HOSPITAL / DURING AN AIR RAID / JUNE 2nd 1942 / FOURTEEN BEDS HAVE BEEEN ENDOWED IN PERPETUITY / TO COMMEMORATE THEIR / DEVOTION TO DUTY / (names) / THIS PANEL WAS UNVEILED BY / H R H THE DUCHESS OF KENT / FEBRUARY 16th 1944

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Located at

Chapel Street, Salford

M3 6FA

Located more or less opposite Boer War Memorial.