Prestwich Wesleyan Church WW1

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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: 44008

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Current location

Methodist Church
Bury New Road
Prestwich
Bury
Greater Manchester
M25 1AE
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 81287 03848
Denomination: Methodist

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Description

Copper Plaque with an oak leaf border, on a wooden backboard

Inscription

TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN SACRED MEMORY/OF THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH/THIS CHURCH WHO FELL IN/THE GREAT WAR/1914 - 1919/ (names in 2 columns)/"Their name liveth for evermore

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Armitstead, J N
Baxter, Jas.
Bell, Frederic A
Currie, Alec
Currie, Duncan
Jones, Chas.
Morris, Herbert
Ramsden, Norman W
Ramsden, Percy E
Rigby, Arthur E
See details for all 11 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename

Components

Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Copper
Backboard
Measurements: height 900MM, width 600MM
Materials: Wood

Listing information

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Condition

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History

1988: THE ORIGINAL CHURCH WAS DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED WITH THE CURRENT BUILDING ON THE SAME SITE

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

CHURCH AUTHORITIES

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