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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Oldham
- Town
- Shaw
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 44977
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Current location
St Paul's Church
Chapel Street
Shaw
Oldham
Greater Manchester
OL2 8AJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 93851 09092
Denomination: Methodist
- Previous locations
- Methodist Church
Grains Road
Shaw
Oldham
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Methodist
- Methodist Church
- Description
- Plain Marble Tablet
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ PTE EDWARD RAINE,/ WHO FELL AT FEUCHY WOOD, FRANCE/ MAY 25TH 1917,/ IN THE 21ST YEAR OF HIS AGE./ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"/ TABLET REMOVED FROM GRAIN ROAD METHODIST CHURCH 1964
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Raine, Edward
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, place of death, forename, manner of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth C 0.5IN, height 16IN, width 28.5IN
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
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