Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tameside
- Town
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18450
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Current location
Museum of Manchester Regiment
Ashton Town Hall
Ashton-under-Lyne
Tameside
Greater Manchester
OL6 6DL
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 93897 99257
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- B AND S MASSEY
Ashton Old Rd
Openshaw
Tameside
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 880 970
Denomination: Undefined
- B AND S MASSEY
- Description
- Bronze Plaque with medallion at the top
- Inscription
- THIS TABLET IS IN MEMORY OF / (NAMES) / FELLOW WORKERS WHO DIED / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 / THEY NEVER FAIL WHO DIE / IN A GREAT CAUSE (...) THEY BUT AUGMENT THE DEEP AND SWEEPING THOUGHTS THAT OVERPOWER ALL OTHERS AND CONDUCT / THE WORLD AT LAST TO FREEDOM - LORD BYRON
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bowler, Charles F
Bradshaw, Arthur
Edmonson, John W
Jones, Reginald
Lowe, William H
Payne, Alfred R
Phillips, Thomas
See details for all 7 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death,regiment,place of death,forenames, manner of death
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 1350MM, width 600M
Materials: Bronze
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- MUSEUM AUTHORITIES
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