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
- 72524
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Current location
Wall mounted in callers office
Delivery Office
Green Lane
Stockport
Stockport
Greater Manchester
SK4 2HQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 88426 90583
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- 1
Post Office
Exchange Street
Stockport
Stockport
Greater Manchester
SK1 1AA
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 89465 90210
Denomination: Undefined
- 1
- Description
- Brass Plaque on wooden backboard.
- Inscription
- STOCKPORT POST OFFICE / GREAT WAR 1914-1919/TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE STAFF CONNECTED WITH THIS OFFICE/[names]/GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN/LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cane, Thomas Patrick
Coffin, Thomas
Colohan, Thomas Patrick
Crawford, Thomas John
Dixon, Charles
Dodd, Henry
Finney, Philip George
Grantham, Harold
Hallworth, John William
Hooley, Harry
See details for all 20 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, regiment
Order of information: surname, forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - 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 - Responsibility
- Royal Mail
- Reference
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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