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The composition includes a principal pedestal surmounted by a bronze female figure, with two bronze figures on the west side of a square stone base. Curved flanking stone walls and four detached pylons all carry inscribed bronze plates. The central group symbolises the sacrifice of the British Soldier for his king and country and the gratitude of the nation. The soldier lies dead on the battlefield, gassed. He grasps the tube of his gas mask, which he has not had time to fit over his face. Britannia leans over him and places a crown of laurels over the hero. The whole group is designed to remind people for all time of the debt we owe to the soldiers. On the top of the central shaft stands a bronze figure of a woman. She symbolises the wife, mother, sister and sweetheart of the soldiers.
Title
War Memorial
Date
1921
Medium
bronze & stone
Measurements
H 730 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
SK11_FM_S097
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Cheshire East Council
Custodian
Cheshire East Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
21st September 1921
Listing date
17/03/77
Access
at all times
Inscription description
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN / HINOUR OF MACCLESFIELD MEN WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING / & EMPIRE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1918 UNVEILED BY THE MAYOR OF MACCLESFIELD / ALDERMAN J. G. FROST J. P. SEPTEMBER 21ST 1921; back: PALESTINE MESOPOTAMIA RUSSIA; right: FRANCE BELGIUM EGYPT; left: ITALY MACEDONIA DARDANELLES