Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tameside
- Town
- Gee Cross
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 70544
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Current location
Werneth Low Visitors Centre
Higham Lane
Gee Cross
Tameside
Greater Manchester
SK14 5LR
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 96002 93454
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Gee Cross Methodists Church
Stockport Road
Gee Cross
Hyde
Tameside
Greater Manchester
SK14 5RF
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 95462 93470
Denomination: Methodist
- Gee Cross Methodists Church
- Description
- Metal Plaque on wooden backboard
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH,/WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918./AND IN EVER ABIDING MEMORY OF THE UNDERMENTIONED WHO FELL./[names]/"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barton, Fred
Braddock, John H
Collinson, Harry
Hill, William
Shelmerdine, George
Souter, Samuel
Stafford, Norman H
Tweedale, Tom
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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- 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 - Reference
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