Chorlton-on-Medlock in Manchester in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)

The University of Manchester World War II Memorial

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 14, 2026

1. The University of Manchester World War II Memorial Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

[Latin:]
Arduus Ad Solem

[English:]
To the members of the University of Manchester and of the University’s Senior Training Corps and Air Squadron who laid down their lives in the Second World War 1939–1946

They went out from this place and did not return

Royal Navy
Coder Kenneth Abbott • AB John B B Bancroft • ORD James A Emerson • Lt Frank Finigan • AB Thomas S Hulme • WO Douglas Metcalf • AB Joseph R Sykes • Sig James T Yates

R N Volunteer Reserve
Surg Lt Frederick Bagot • Lt William A L Banning • SLt Frederick A Brasier • SLt Stanley B Caldwell • SLt Frederick H Collins • SLt Peter D Hartshorn • Surg Lt Cedric B Norbury • SLt James D Pomfret • SLt Frederick J Stamper • SLt David J Torres

Fleet Air Arm
LAC Guy G J Warburton

Royal Marines
Mne Philip Nightingale • Mne Thomas Wood

Royal Horse Artillery
Gnr John M Griffiths

Royal Armoured Corps
9th Queen’s Royal Lancers
Tpr John D Hodgson

10th Royal Hussars
Tpr Kenneth M Murphy

Royal Tank Regiment
Tpr Frank Cunliffe • Capt Peter N McCall • Cpl Herbert W C Rowe • Lt Peter H Woods

Westminster Dragoons
(2nd Co of London Yeomanry)
Lt Brian H Pear

Notts Yeomanry
Lt Kenneth C Graves

Royal Artillery
Lt

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Neville W Bromley • Maj Geoffrey W Cowley • Lt Raymond G Davies • Maj Donald A Komrower • Gnr Edward B Mason • Gnr George Preston • Capt Philip S Preston • Lt John A Whitehead

Royal Engineers
Lt Roy C Allen • Lt Geoffrey K Appleton • Lt Col Robert S Bamber • Spr David Blaylock • Lt Col Noel W Coe • Lt Peter Cooper • Sgt Sydney Crowcroft • Lt Gerald Fewings • Lt George S Fisher • Lt John H Foulds • Lt Gordon B Heady • Dvr John H Lawrence • 2Lt Geoffrey Lowe

Royal Signals
Sig Kenneth Edington • 2Lt Richard Griffiths • Sig Frederick J Harrison • Lt Hubert C Hooper • Cpl Donald J Kenner • Cpl Peter Liver • Cpl William M Robinson • LCpl Owen E Williams

Welsh Guards
Capt Roger L Harrison

King’s (L’pool) Regt
2Lt Alan Chapman • Lt Alec Gordon • Capt Robert K Mottershead

Green Howards
(Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment)
Lt Peter F Clarke

Lancashire Fusiliers
Lt Richard G Alsop • Maj George P Jackson

2Lt Ian M McColl • Lt Jack Pickford • LCpl Thomas Shaw • Lt Geoffrey Turnbull • Cpl Robert Widdows

South Wales Borderers
Lt Alun Lewis

Hampshire Regt
Capt Charles G B Holehouse

South Lancashire Regt
(The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers)
Sgt William

World War II Memorial (Left Panel) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 14, 2026

2. World War II Memorial (Left Panel)

Glover

Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
Lt William D Barnwell • Lt Alan L King MC

Manchester Regt
LCpl Kenneth Trevor

R A Service Corps
Lt John B Elliot • Maj Ronald Green • Dvr Ronald Tomkinson

R A Ordnance Corps
Pte Charles R Ashworth • Lt William Huggan

R A Medical Corps
Capt Norman Altham • Capt John H R Barker

R A Medical Corps
Capt David Halpern • Maj William H Purves MBE • Capt Donald Starr • Maj Joel N Strauss • Capt Harold E Thackray MC

R E M E
Lt Peter G Mackay

R A Educational Corps
Sgt Dennis H R Nixon

Intelligence Corps
Cpl Thomas W Russell

General Service Corps
Pte David Darbyshire

Indian Army
Lt Henry F Goss

Royal Air Force
FS John Coulton • Plt Off Stanley E Lambert • Flt Lt John L Martin • LAC Herbert Warburton • AC2 John Wyatt

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
LAC Basil G R Allen • Plt Off William Anderton • Fg Off Derek N Armitage • Plt Off William G Evans • Flt Lt Raymond W G Lord • Sgt Derek S Armstrong • LAC John Ashurst • Sgt Jack S Beech • Fg Off Clifford Bertenshaw • Sgt John S Blackburn • LAC Dryden E M Bott • Fg Off Alan Brierley • Sgt John A Brown • Flt Lt William D Browne DFC • Plt Off Geoffrey J R Clark

World War II Memorial (Right Panel) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 14, 2026

3. World War II Memorial (Right Panel)

• Fg Off William H R A Coates • Plt Off William D Crebbin • Fg Off Geoffrey F Disbury • Sgt Edwin Dobson • FS Wilson Dougal • Fg Off Robert Dunlop • Sgt Harold Ellison • Plt Off John A Elms • Flt Lt William R Forester • Plt Off John A Gilbert • Fg Off James D S Goldring • Plt Off John A Gordon • Fg Off Robert Gorton • Fg Off Charles H Hall • Flt Lt Joseph Hall • Fg Off John L Halliday • Plt Off Kenneth Halstead • Sgt Gilbert D J Hanlon • Cpl John Hanson • WO George Harris • Sgt Francis E Maher • Wg Cdr Roy Marples DFC & Bar • Sgt Francis W Heaton • Fg Off Ronald Hellewell • Fg Off Brian Hill • Sgt James E Hogg • Fg Off Raymond D I Holden • FS Arthur H Howard • Flt Lt Ernesto Howell DFC • Sgt Eric Hubbert • Flt Lt Peter J Huntley • Flt Lt Charles Hyde • Fg Off Philip Ingleby • Sgt James H Killick • Fg Off John H Lamb • Fg Off Geoffrey Langmead • Wg Cdr Hubert Law-Wright DFC, DSO • Fg Off David Lillington • Plt Off John M Marchington • Plt Off Raymond H Miller • FS John E Nicholson • LAC Frank K Nield • Fg Off William T J O’Brian • Plt Off Geoffrey A N Parker • Fg Off Alan M Peake • Sgt Sydney A Peters • Fg Off Hugh J Platts • Fg Off

The University of Manchester World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 14, 2026

4. The University of Manchester World War II Memorial

The memorial is affixed to the John Owens Building on the Old Quadrangle. It is placed above the campus's World War I memorial.

James H Powner • Plt Off George A Ratcliffe • Flt Lt Irwin R Redman • Fg Off Eric G Renshaw • Flt Lt Jack H Taylor • Fg Off Frederick F Thomas • Plt Off Peter C Robson • Sgt John C Scammell • Flt Lt Bernard C Seagrief • LAC Denis S Shatsby • Fg Off Malcolm J Shenton • AC2 Donald A Shuttleworth • FS Alan E Storey • Plt Off Neville H Strange • FS Eric W J Taylor • FS Peter Taylor • Sgt Barry H Thompson • Fg Off Philip C Thornely • Fg Off John B Thornton • Flt Lt Edwin C Thyer • WO David A G Trobridge • FS Eric L B Vanes • Fg Off Ronald J Watson • Flt Lt Sydney Wetherell • Fg Off John H Wilde • Fg Off James C Yates • FS Norman Yates

Royal Dutch Naval Air Service
Hendrik Johan Jordaan

Civilian Casualties
Dorothy Channell

Erected by The University of Manchester.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 53° 27.931′ N, 2° 14.058′ W. Memorial is in Manchester, England, in Greater Manchester. It is in Chorlton-on-Medlock. It can be reached from the intersection of Oxford Road and Brunswick Street, on the left when traveling north. The memorial is located on the Old Quadrangle. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 202 Oxford Road, Manchester, England M15 6FH, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North West England.

Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean,

in the North Atlantic Region,

in Europe,

in Atlantic Europe,

on one of the British Isles,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The University of Manchester World War I Memorial (here, next to this marker); Ellen Wilkinson (here, next to this marker); The Whitworth Hall

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Infected Blood Inquiry Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Rutherford Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Ernest Rutherford (within shouting distance of this marker); Alison Uttley (within shouting distance of this marker); Ernest Lord Rutherford (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manchester.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 28, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 28, 2026, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 28, 2026, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.