Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Tameside
Town
Stalybridge
County
Greater Manchester
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Placed
    Date: 1922
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
55898

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Current location

In the Memorial Chapel of the Church
St Paul's Church
Huddersfield Road
Stalybridge
Tameside
Greater Manchester
SK15 3HU
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 97164 98728
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Four large tablets of Sicilian marble. The upper three tablets, commemorating the First World War casualties, are surrounded by a mosaic border and opus sectile, in moulded and carved alabaster frames. . The central one, bearing the commemorative inscription, incorporates the Stalybridge Coat of Arms; the two large tablets that flank it each incorporate a cast copper panel in low relief (St George slaying the dragon on the left panel, and St Michael with cross and sword on right panel), beneath which the names of the WW1 casualties are incised and painted. Beneath the central tablet of the WW1 section is a rectangular tablet that commemorates the Second World War casualties. Made to match the WW1 tablets, this too has a carved frame and green mosaic border; its central panel has the incised and painted inscription.
Inscription
(Upper central tablet): TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ CONNECTED WITH THIS/ CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN DEFENCE OF LIBERTY & HONOUR/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 (Upper left and right tablets): (40 Names) (Lower tablet): ALSO IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (9 Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Atherton, F
Barrow, D W
Barton, J
Barton, T
Bates, H C
Bell, J F
Booth, J H
Breakspeare, H
Breerton, J
Buckley, W E
See details for all 49 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 40
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 40
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, initials, surname, decorations, military unit
    Order of information: Grouped by the military unit in which they died.
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 9
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 9
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Initials, surname, military unit
    Order of information: Alphabetical by surname, in three columns
Components
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Sicilian
  • Plaques / Panels with names
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Copper
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Comments: On 18/1/1922 J. Wippel & Co Ltd sent a detailed invoice to the Reverend Canon Sheriff of St Paul's Vicarage in Stalybridge for the manufacture, delivery and installation of the WW1 tablets. The invoice was for £280 for the materials and work, plus five pounds ten shillings extra for carving additional names, plus five pounds three shillings and sixpence "extra cost due to rise in wages". Information from that invoice (which was placed on ebay February 2021), such as maker's name and cost etc, has been added to this record; an image of it has been attached for our reference purpose only.
Memorial: The World War 1 tablets cos £290 13 shillings and 6 pence

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
St Paul's Parochial Church Council
Reference
  • Invoice dated January 18th 1922 from J Wippell & Co Ltd, for the cost of making, delivering and installing the WW1 tablets

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