Shore Edge Methodist Church WW1

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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: 44979

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Current location

In the Vestibule
Shore Edge Methodist Church
Buckstones Road
Shaw
Oldham
Greater Manchester
OL2 8LS
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 930 080
Denomination: Methodist

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Description

TWO VARNISHED DARK OAK BOARDS

Inscription

BOARD ONE: TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN MEMORIAM OF THOSE WHO/LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR BOARD TWO: (names in 3 columns)/ 1914 GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS 1919/ THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FELLOW MAN (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Cheetham, Willie
Davies, Thomas
Dawkes, John W
Dronsfield, Eddie
Garside, Daniel
Garside, James W
Gee, Willie
Henthorne, Frank
Platt, Arthur
Sutcliffe, John W
See details for all 12 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Board
Measurements: height 6IN, width 52IN
Materials: Wood - Oak
Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak

Listing information

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Condition

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History

C 1969: THE BOARDS WERE PART OF THE COMMUNION TABLE BUT WHEN THE CHURCH WAS REFURBISHED THE TABLE WAS REPLACED. THE PART OF THE TABLE WITH THE INSCRIPTION WAS TURNED INTO BOARDS AND MOUNTED ON THE WALL IN THE VESTIBULE

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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