Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Rochdale
- Town
- Middleton
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 75389
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Current location
St. Gabriel's Church
Greenhill Road
Middleton
Rochdale
Greater Manchester
M24 2BD
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 88545 05316
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- In loving memory of Pte Joseph BRIGGS Mancr Regt killed in action in France Augt 4th 1916 aged 32 years also his beloved wife Lily Jane SMITH died Dec 13th 1976 aged 91 years also Charles son of the above died Feby 10th 1917 aged 5 years
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Briggs, Joseph
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, relationships, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- 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
- Pte Joseph Briggs
- WMO ID: 258201
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 12-05-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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