Godley Hill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Godley Hill War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- haunted-facade-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tameside
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Godley Hill War Memorial is located on the west side of Godley Hill Road, set within a circular garden that is enclosed by low stone walls. Access is provided through black-painted metal gates at the front. In front of the memorial, there is a white marble flower vase inscribed with the dedication "IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN GODLEY HILL."
The memorial features a two-stepped base that is square in shape, supporting a plinth topped by a slender granite obelisk. Surrounding the base is a small rockery, which stands on a circular platform. Low ornamental metal posts fixed into the kerb of the platform carry a chain around the memorial.
The main dedicatory inscription, incised on the front face of the plinth, reads "ERECTED IN HONOUR AND DEEP GRATITUDE TO THE MEN WHO FOUGHT FOR LIBERTY AND FREEDOM IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR. 1914 - 1919." The riser of the upper stage of the base has the inscription "UNVEILED BY DANIEL ADAMSON ESQ OF LONGLANDS, JULY 17TH 1920." The riser of the lower stage bears the inscription "WILLOUGHBY WILDE & SONS HYDE."
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