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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Trafford
- Town
- Stretford
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3225
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Current location
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Gorse Hill Methodist Church
Wesley Street
Stretford
Trafford
Greater Manchester
M32 0RN
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 80374 95470
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- White marble tablet with pediment and nowy headed top mounted onto a dark marble backboard. Carved inscription in black painted lettering.
- Inscription
- 1914 1919/ To the Glory of God and in Memory of/ THE BRAVE MEN/ OF THIS CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Armstrong, John
Armstrong, Samuel
Burton, Leonard
Chapman, James
Chapman, Thomas
Dixon, Ernest
Green, Tom
Hill, Renshaw
Macdonald, John
Millhouse, Charles
See details for all 13 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Forename
Order of information: surname THEN forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 710mm, width 460mm
Materials: Marble - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Gorse Hill Methodist Church
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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