Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tameside
- Town
- Ashton Under Lyne
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 13th October 1918
Attended by: Lieutenant Colonel H Kendal Oram
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 47711
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Current location
St Michael and All Angels Church
Church Street
Ashton Under Lyne
Tameside
Greater Manchester
OL6 6XJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 94126 99004
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Brass Plaque on a wooden backboard
- Inscription
- IN MEMORIAM/N.C.O'S AND MEN/3RD BATTALION/THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT/(NAMES)/Who lost their lives n the Service of their Country/on April 1st 1916 at Cleethorpes.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ball, W
Beardsley, J
Beaumont, L
Bell, S
Bodsworth, W
Brierley, T
Brown, W H
Budding, E
Chandler, F
Chandler, J
See details for all 31 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 31
Served and returned: 0
Died: 31
Exact count: yes
Information shown: service number, rank, surname, initials of forenames, regiment, date of death, place of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- MENTIONED IN THE UNPUBLISHED HISTORY OF THE 3RD MANCHESTER BY LT COL THORNYCROFT 1937. HELD IN MANCHESTER REGT ARCHIVES
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