Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Oldham
- Town
- Royton
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 25382
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- Stored in cellar. The building is owned by St Pauls School.
Downey House
Church Street
Royton
Oldham
Greater Manchester
OL2 5JS
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 91683 07676
Denomination: Undefined - St Paul's Church
Royton
Oldham
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 918 077
Denomination: Church of England - Show More (1)
- Stored in cellar. The building is owned by St Pauls School.
- Description
- SEVEN PLAQUES MOUNTED ONTO YORK STONE WALL SHELF FOR WREATHS BELOW INSCRIPTION PLAQUE
- Inscription
- PLAQUE ONE: IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ROYTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE FREEDOM AND HONOUR OF THEIR COUNTRY IN THE TWO WORLD WARS 1914-1918 AND 1939-1945. "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" PLAQUES 2 - 7: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Albert, Sayyer
Albinson, Leonard
Alfred, Whyatt
Armstrong, John
Ashton, James
Ashton, John William
Ashton, William Joseph
Astley, Fred
Astley, William
Baguley, William Henry
See details for all 377 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 342
Served and returned: 0
Died: 342
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 95
Served and returned: 0
Died: 95
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - York
- Plaques
- Condition
- Royton St Paul's Plaques (Lost)
- WMO ID: 201760
- Condition: Lost/Missing/Temporary [last updated on 01-05-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- All the names are recorded on a new memorial in Royton Park. Originally the plaques were stolen in 1969 and replacements in 1970
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Royton Parish Council
- Reference
- Varley's Royton Yearbook 1921 (found in Royton Library) lists the 271 names.
- Tindle Hall Country Park Leaflet
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