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
- 75416
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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 Private Harry WOLSTENCROFT Lancashire Fusiliers who was killed in Flanders August 2nd 1917 aged 39 years also Maud his dear wife who died December 20th 1918 aged 42 years reunited Eliza Emma WHITTLE who died March 22nd 1941 aged 71 years
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Wolstencroft, Harry
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: place of death, surname, forename, relationships, manner of death, date of death, age, rank, regiment
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 Harry Wolstencroft
- WMO ID: 258546
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 05-06-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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