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
66744

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Current location

Held in store-not usually on display
Tameside Museum
Portland Basin
Ashton-under-Lyne
Tameside
Greater Manchester
OL7 0QA
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 93458 98484
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Methodist Church
    Millbrook
    Stalybridge
    Tameside
    Greater Manchester
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Methodist
Description
Simple brass plaque with lettering inscribed in black
Inscription
THIS PULPIT WAS/ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN ABIDING MEMORY OF/[names]/THESE IN LOVE OF HOME AND KINDRED/AND IN DEFENCE OF LIBERTY/WENT FORTH FROM THIS/CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL/AND DIED IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR/1914-1919/RESURGAM/THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BY NIGHT AND BY DAY/PSALM 25.15
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bennett, John
Bennett, Tom Hyde
Fallas, Leonard
Ingham, Joseph
Mckenzie, Jack
Rhodes, William
Sidebottom, Eli
Taylor, Harry
See details for all 8 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 8
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 8
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Pulpit
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Unknown
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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