Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bury
- Town
- Prestwich
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 44008
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Current location
Methodist Church
Bury New Road
Prestwich
Bury
Greater Manchester
M25 1AE
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 81287 03848
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- Copper Plaque with an oak leaf border, on a wooden backboard
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN SACRED MEMORY/OF THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH/THIS CHURCH WHO FELL IN/THE GREAT WAR/1914 - 1919/ (names in 2 columns)/"Their name liveth for evermore
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Armitstead, J N
Baxter, Jas.
Bell, Frederic A
Currie, Alec
Currie, Duncan
Jones, Chas.
Morris, Herbert
Ramsden, Norman W
Ramsden, Percy E
Rigby, Arthur E
See details for all 11 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Copper - Backboard
Measurements: height 900MM, width 600MM
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
- History
- 1988: THE ORIGINAL CHURCH WAS DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED WITH THE CURRENT BUILDING ON THE SAME SITE
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- CHURCH AUTHORITIES
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