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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)
- Maker
- MESSRS G MAILE & SON LTD (Founder / Foundry)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 44978
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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
Refuge Street
Shaw
Oldham
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Methodist
- Methodist Church
- Description
- BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO AN OAK BACKBOARD. ADDITONAL Brass PLAQUE GIVING INFORMATION ON PREVIOUS LOCATION PLACED JUST BELOW IT
- Inscription
- Upper Plaque-IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH/WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ "They died that we might Live"/ Lower Plaque-THIS MEMORIAL WAS REMOVED FROM/REFUGE STREET METHODIST CHURCH, SHAW, /ON THE UNION OF THAT CHURCH WITH ST PAUL'S/13TH OCTOBER 1957
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, Wilfred
Barras, John W
Brown, Alfred
Buckley, John W
Cocker, Allen
Cooling, Cecil A
Dale, Hugh
Garside, Fred
Gatley, Harry
Harrop, Joseph
See details for all 21 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: 0
Died: 21
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Backboard
- 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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