Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Bury
- Town
- Prestwich
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 44009
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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
- Description
- Handwritten Roll of Honour in a glazed wooden frame. All lettering is in black, except the words 'Roll of Honour' which are in red
- Inscription
- PRESTWICH METHODIST CHURCH/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ 1939 - 45/ (NAMES)/ They shall grow not old as we that/are left grow old,/Age shall not weary them. nor/the years condemn/At the going down of the sun, and/in the morning,/ We will remember them
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, Allan
Lancaster, Harold
Pickering, Geoffrey
Rowbotham, Kenneth
Scott, Kenneth
See details for all 5 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood, Glass
- Roll of honour
- 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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