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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tameside
- Town
- Hyde
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 27032
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Current location
Flowery Field Church
Newton Street
Hyde
Tameside
Greater Manchester
SK14 4RY
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 94518 95499
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- In Reception
Ashton Christy Ltd Offices
Newton Street
Hyde
Tameside
Greater Manchester
SK14 4RY
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 94568 95550
Denomination: Undefined
- In Reception
- Description
- Bronze Plaque with raised lettering
- Inscription
- "LIFE IN SHORT MEASURE MAY PERFECT BE./1914-1918/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE EMPLOYEES OF ASHTON BROS & CO LTD/ WHO FELL IN ACTION IN THE GREAT WAR/[names in 2 columns]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, C
Allford, R
Appleyard, F
Archer, H
Bann, A
Barnett, W
Barton, F
Beard, H
Beaumont, C E
Beeley, H
See details for all 80 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 80
Served and returned: 0
Died: 80
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 1200MM, width 750MM
Materials: Brass
- 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
- Ashton Brothers Ltd
- WMO ID: 219952
- Condition: Good [last updated on 12-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2009: The mill and the factory are to be demolished. No information about current location of memorial.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- ASHTON-CHRISTY LTD, PART OF COURTAULDS
- Reference
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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