Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
BOLTON ARTILLERY MEMORIAL Photograph
Region ID | MR | |
Work ID | 47 | |
Manual Reference | MR/BOL02 | |
Type | War Memorial, World War I | |
Title | BOLTON ARTILLERY MEMORIAL | |
Architect | Ormerod, Pomeroy and Foy | |
Date of design | 1920 | |
Year of unveiling | 1920 | |
Unveiling details | 29 July 1920 | |
Road | Nelson Square | |
Precise Location | Nelson Square, Bradshawgate side | |
A to Z Ref | p. 145 F7 | |
OS Ref | SD718092 | |
Postcode | ||
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | Don't know | |
Duty of Care | Bolton MBC | |
Commissioned by | War memorial committee | |
Notes | ||
War memorial. Cenotaph on inclined base with low piers at each corner. Wreath carved into each face of upper section. Bronze plaques containing roll of honour on fron and back. | ||
The cenotaph was commissioned from local architects Ormerod, Pomeroy and Foy, with lettering was designed by Joseph Bolton. The memorial was designed to commemorate the dead of the Bolton Artillery Regiment, one of the Territorial brigades of the Royal Field Artillery. On 2 June 1920 the foundations were laid and a shell case placed within containing copies of regimental records.(1) It was unveiled by the Duke of York who was visiting Bolton to open the first post-war show of the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Society. At the inauguration the Duke was presented with a petition by a local branch of the Discharged Sailors and Soldiers Association protesting at the proposed reduction in ex-servicemen's benefits and against the treatment of shell-shock and combat stress victims. He was asked to "take up the cause of our shell-shocked and mentally unbalanced comrades who are at present herded together. . .lifelong lunatics in our pauper asylums", and to support the servicemen's calls for a commission of investigation into the matter.(2) | ||
Officers and men of Bolton Artillery who were killed in both world wars. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | 1920 | |
Condition | Don't know | |
At risk | Don't know | |
Inscriptions | Front face: TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, N.C.O'S AND MEN OF THE BOLTON ARTILLERY WHO FELL DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 AND THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945 Below upper bronze plaque: LEST WE FORGET Rear: THESE ENDURED ALL THAT HONOUR AND FREEDOM MIGHT PREVAIL | |
Signatures | ||
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Cenotaph | Portland stone | |
Plaques | Bronze | |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character: nothing recorded Structural Condition: nothing recorded Vandalism: nothing recorded