Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rochdale
- Town
- Bamford
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 44867
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Current location
Bamford United Reformed Church
Jowkin Lane
Bamford
Rochdale
Greater Manchester
OL11 5PQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 86018 12565
Denomination: United Reformed
- Previous locations
- Porritt and Spencer Mill
Norden Road
Bamford
Rochdale
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Porritt and Spencer Mill
- Description
- Stone of Remembrance shaped like a gravestone, with a semi circular top
- Inscription
- Erected to the Memory of/ THE EMPLOYEES OF THESE MILLS/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE/ WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brotherton, Dennis James
Sutcliffe, Lewis
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Stone of remembrance
Measurements: depth 2IN, height 24IN, width 24IN
Materials: Stone
- Stone of remembrance
- 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
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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