Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Trafford
Town
Davyhulme
County
Greater Manchester
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
27074

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Current location

St Catherine of Alexandria Church Graveyard
Old Barton Road
Davyhulme
Trafford
Greater Manchester
M41 7LF
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 76562 97457
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Square Stone Tablet, which is severely eroded. The names come from a transcription done years before it became eroded.
Inscription
THE BELLS IN THE SPIRE WERE PLACED TO THE GLORY OF GOD ... THE MEN OF THE CHURCH AND PARISH WHO PASSED FROM THE CHURCH MILITANT TO THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT IN THE WAR 1914 - .../ (Names)/ I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE SAITH THE LORD (full inscription unknown)
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
[?], John
Allen, John
Allen, William D
Ashes, Herbert
Barchard, Bruce
Bateson, Ernest
Beesley, William
Bennett, Frank
Bowen, David
Brogden, Jeremy
See details for all 78 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 78
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 78
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 49INS., width 60INS.
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
History
INSCRIPTION LARGELY INDECIPHERABLE
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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