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Home for battered memorial sought (UK)

A charity is looking for the original home of a battered war memorial found abandoned in a scrapyard in Greater Manchester.

The World War I memorial carries the names of 60 men from around the Manchester area who were killed.

It has been sitting in a warehouse in Trafford Park for 15 years - but staff do not know where it came from.

The War Memorials Trust hopes to find its original location before deciding whether to restore the tablet.

Read entire article at BBC