Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Tameside
- Town
- Droylsden
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 75130
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- Description
- Polished black granite obelisk in a memorial garden
- Inscription
- LITTLEMOSS/MEMORIAL GARDEN/Greater love hath no man/than this that a man lay/down his life for his friends/1914-1918/[names]/1939-1945/[names]/R.I.P.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Batty, Herbert
Buckley, Stanley
Chalmers, Andrew
Collier, Edwin D
Davis, Frank
Garlick, William
Gray, William
Howcroft, Fred B
Jackson, Charles
Marland, Albert
See details for all 19 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Black
- Obelisk
- 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
- Littlemoss Memorial Garden
- WMO ID: 257159
- Condition: Good [last updated on 14-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Restored 2011, originally purchased & memorial garden created in the late 1940's
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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