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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Trafford
- Town
- Urmston
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1st July 1917
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 45283
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Current location
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St Clement's Church
Manor Avenue
Urmston
Trafford
Greater Manchester
M41 9JE
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 76807 94333
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Plain Brass Plaque with an engraved Manchester Regiment badge at top centre
- Inscription
- SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM ELLIS GOMERSALL/ LIEUTENANT/ 22ND BATT. MANCHESTER REGIMENT/ WHO FELL IN THE ATTACK ON MAMETZ/ JULY 1ST 1916/ AGED 21 YEARS/ "MAY LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE ON THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND THE RIGHT"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Gomersall, William Ellis
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, manner of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 505MM, width 660MM
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 - Sponsorship
- Private
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