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
- 45137
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Current location
IN THE FOYER
PAROCHIAL PRIMARY SCHOOL
Stamford St East
Ashton Under Lyne
Tameside
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 943 990
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- OLD SCHOOL
Ashton Under Lyne
Tameside
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- OLD SCHOOL
- Description
- CONVEX HEADED BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED WITHIN A GLAZED NICHE. INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING NAMES OF THE FALLEN ARE PLACED WITHIN A WREATH WHICH IS IN RELIEF IN THE TOP CENTR EOF THE PLAQUE. TOWO PILLARS ARE AT THE SIDES OF THE PLAQUE SUPPORTING THE CONVEX PEDIMENT
- Inscription
- ASHTON PARISH CHURCH CENTRAL SUNDAY SCHOOL/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD, THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED IN/ MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED AND SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ (NAMES) (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Althorp, F
Arnold, L
Ashton, F
Bardsley, L
Barnes, G
Braithwaite, N D
Briddon, A
Burke, J
Campbell, A
Chadwick, F F
See details for all 59 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 66
Served and returned: 59
Died: 7
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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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