Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Tameside
- Town
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 74910
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Current location
Tameside Archives & Local Studies Centre
Ashton Central Library
Old Street
Ashton-under-Lyne
Tameside
Greater Manchester
OL6 7SG
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 93629 98923
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Paper Roll of Honour in a glazed wooden frame. Under the titles and each side of the 'Roll of Honour' name are wreaths. The names are arranged in 4 columns.
- Inscription
- The/National Gas Engine Co Ltd/Ashton-under-Lyne/ROLL OF HONOUR/A LIST OF THE NAMES OF THOSE/OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO/JOINED HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES/DURING THE GREAT EUROPEAN/WAR 1914
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderton, K G C
Ashton, H
Balmford, E
Barron, G
Beech, G
Beech, G L
Berry, E
Beswick, T
Bevan, R
Bevan, S
See details for all 129 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 129
Served and returned: 0
Died: 129
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, regiment, rank (for officers)
Order of information: surname,
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood, Glass
- Roll of honour
- 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
- National Gas Engine Company
- WMO ID: 257009
- Condition: Good [last updated on 08-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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