Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Manchester
- Town
- Hale
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 66439
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Current location
Hilditch and Co. Auctioneers
Ashley Road
Hale
Manchester
Greater Manchester
WA15 9SF
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 77077 86738
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Methodist Church
Ashley
Chester
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Methodist Church
- Description
- A tablet commemorating Alfred Griffiths, killed on 21 April 1943.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING/ MEMORY OF/ ALFRED JAMES GRIFFITHS/ A DEVOTED MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH/ WHO LOST HIS LIFE BY ENEMY ACTION/ WHILE SERVING HIS COUNTRY/ IN THE MERCHANT NAVY/ APRIL 21ST 1943 AGED 29 YEARS/ BRAVELY HE LIVED/ TO SHIELD THE RIGHT.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, manner of death, regiment, date of death, age of death, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 320mm, width 600mm
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
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