Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tameside
- Town
- Droylsden
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1902
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18466
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Current location
100
Droylsden Sports and Social Club
Manchester Road
Droylsden
Tameside
Greater Manchester
M43 6PF
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 89966 98151
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING FACING THE ROAD
Labour Club
Manchester Road
Droylsden
Tameside
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 890 980
Denomination: Undefined - Town Hall
Manchester Road
Droylsden
Tameside
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 890 980
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING FACING THE ROAD
- Description
- Bronze Plaque
- Inscription
- THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE DROYLSDEN PATRIOTIC FUND IN RECOGNITION OF THOSE WHO, BELONGING TO THE TOWNSHIP OF DROYLSDEN, ASSSISTED H.M. FORCES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899 - 1902 / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Arrandale
Baguley
Bailey, J
Bailey, M
Baines, P
Baines, T
Baron
Bond
Bryne
Cliffe
See details for all 47 names - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 47
Served and returned: 45
Died: 2
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,place of death,manner of death, surname
Order of information: rank THEN surname
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 900MM, width 900MM
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
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