Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bury
- Town
- Prestwich
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 23008
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Current location
St Hilda's Church
Whittaker Lane
Prestwich
Bury
Greater Manchester
M25 1HA
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 82295 03658
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wooden Board which INCORPORATES A CARVED RELIEF OF A KNEELING SOLDIER BEFORE CHRIST, WITH INSCRIPTIONS BELOW.
- Inscription
- Left Hand Side of Board-TO THE GLORY OF/GOD AND IN HONOUR/OF THE MEN OF/ST. HILDA'S CHURCH/WHO FELL IN THE/GREAT WAR 1914-1918. Centre of Board-[names] Right Hand Side of Board- "REST ETERNAL/GRANT THEM O LORD/AND LET THY LIGHT/PERPETUAL SHINE/UPON THEM./MAY THEY REST IN PEACE."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Atkinson, Marsden
Bradley, Arthur Cx
Brownsett, Wm.j
Cassidy, Frank
Cawley, Joseph
Chadwick, Arthur
Chadwick, John
Chapman, Cyril
Cornes, Leonard
Crompton, Fred
See details for all 39 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 39
Served and returned: 0
Died: 39
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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 - Reference
- Detailed images and transcription-www.mlfhs.org.uk/data/war_memorials_images.php?memorial=1036
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