Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Stockport
- Town
- Stockport
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 66789
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Current location
St Marys Church
Churchgate
Stockport
Stockport
Greater Manchester
SK1 1YG
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 89780 90502
Denomination: St Marys Church
- Description
- Rectangular tablet with a carved badge of the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry at the top and on the left and right central margins, flanking the second name, badges of the Cheshire Regiment.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ JOHN FRITH SIDEBOTHAM/ OF SHREWSBURY SCHOOL AND HERTFORD COLLEGE OXON./ LIEUT. 6th KING'S SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY/ KILLED IN ACTION IN FLANDERS 12th FEBRUARY 1916/ AGED 24/ AND OF HIS BROTHER/ GERALD SIDEBOTHAM/ OF HAILEYBURY COLLEGE AND MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY/ CAPTAIN / 4th CHESHIRE REGIMENT/ KILLED IN ACTION IN PALESTINE 9 MARCH 1918/ AGED 24/ "CALLED AND CHOSEN AND FAITHFUL."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, school, university, regiment, date of death, place of death, age of death.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 750mm, width 900mm
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 - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: By family.
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