
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Salford
- Town
- Lower Broughton
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 15970
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Current location
Church of the Ascension
Ascension Street
Lower Broughton
Salford
Greater Manchester
M7 1GA
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 82645 99814
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- MARBLE TABLET ON A BLACK ALABSTER Backboard with the LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS BADGE CARVED AT THE TOP OF THE TABLET
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY / OF / EDGAR HAMPSON, / LIEUTENANT, 15TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS / A SUNDY SCHOOL TEACHER OF THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN ACTION AT THIEPVAL, FRANCE / JULY 1ST 1916 / AETATIS 20 YEARS. / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS FAMILY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Hampson, Edger
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, regiment, other, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Backboard
Measurements: height 600MM, width 600MM
Materials: Alabaster
- Tablet
- 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
- Possibly destroyed by fire in arson attack 12 February 2017
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- Photograph of the memorial-www.salfordwarmemorials.co.uk/the-church-of-ascension-broughton.html
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