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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Stockport
- Town
- Reddish
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1926
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 45278
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Current location
St Elisabeth's Church
Bedford Street
Reddish
Stockport
Greater Manchester
SK5 6BL
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 89249 93476
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Brass Plaque with inscribed black lettering, and an inscribed Latin cross at top left
- Inscription
- +/TO THE GLORY OF GOD/IN MEMORY OF/EDMUND GEORGE OLDFIELD, /CAPTAIN 1/8TH MANCHESTER REG/, SON OF THE REVEREND EDMUND OLDFIELD,/SOMETIME RECTOR OF THIS CHURCH,/ WHO FELL IN GALLIPOLI/ 5TH JUNE, 1915/AND WHOSE GRAVE IN UNKNOWN./HE GAVE HIS BODY TO THAT COUNTRY'S EARTH/ AND GAVE HIS SOUL UNTO HIS CAPTAIN, CHRIST./
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Oldfield, Edmund George
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, regiment, place of death,forenames, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height C 510 MM, width C 400 MM
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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