Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Tameside
- Town
- Godley
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 45187
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Current location
St John the Baptist Church
Sheffield Road
Godley
Tameside
Greater Manchester
SK14 2pr
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 95833 95345
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- LYCH GATE WITH DEDICATORY INSCRIPTION AND NAMES ON SEVEN MARBLE TABLETS
- Inscription
- TABLET ONE: THIS GATE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS PARISH AND CONGREGATION WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 OTHER TABLETS: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bardsley, Thomas
Barker, Hedley
Bickerdyke, George
Booth, Ernest
Bowden, William
Bowker, Alexander
Bradley, Norman
Brooks, William
Clegg, William
Cox, Willie E
See details for all 73 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 72
Served and returned: 0
Died: 72
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gate
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Gate
- 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
- St John the Baptist WWI Lychgate
- WMO ID: 244403
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 18-10-2017]
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- History
- C 2001: WOODEN GATES RECENTLY REPLACED BY IRON ONES
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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