Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bury
- Town
- Hawkshaw
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 44001
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Current location
Methodist Church
Bolton Road
Hawkshaw
Bury
Greater Manchester
BL8 4JR
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 75830 15034
Denomination: Methodist
- Previous locations
- Primitive Methodist Chapel
Bolton Road
Hawkshaw
Bury
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 760 150
Denomination: Methodist
- Primitive Methodist Chapel
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED BRASS PLAQUE WITH INCISED BLACK AND RED LETTERING. WOODEN MOUNT.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD/ AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ AND TO THOSE WHO SERVED/ 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bond, Richard
Bridge, Andrew
Bridge, Harry
Brown, Thomas
Cooper, Joseph S
Cornwell, John W
Diggle, Thomas
Firth, Bernard
Haslam, Walter
Howarth, Alfred P
See details for all 30 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 30
Served and returned: 22
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: depth C 20 MM, height C 600 MM, width C 750 MM
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Backboard
- 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
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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