
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tameside
- Town
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 45101
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Current location
St James' Church
Union Street
Ashton-under-Lyne
Tameside
Greater Manchester
OL6 9NQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 94158 94432
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- RECTANGULAR MARBLE TABLET WITH PEDIMENT. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING
- Inscription
- IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF/ PRIVATE RICHARD TORKINGTON/ 1ST/6TH BATTALION MANCHESTER REGIMENT (TF)/ BELOVED ELDER SON OF/ WILLIAM AND ADA MARY TORKINGTON/ ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CHOIR OF THIS CHURCH/ WHO CHEERFULLY VOLUNTEERED HIS SERVICES/ AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR/ AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION/ AGED 19/ IN THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA JUNE 3RD 1915/ HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Torkington, Richard
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 of death,relationships,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height C 1000MM, width C1000MM
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 - Sponsorship
- Private
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