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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Oldham
- Town
- Shaw
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 75623
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Current location
St Paul's Church
Chapel Street
Shaw
Oldham
Greater Manchester
OL2 8AJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 93851 09092
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- Plain Marble Tablet with a bronze wreath at top centre. All lettering is inscribed in black
- Inscription
- IN SACRED MEMORY OF/THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/AND WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED/[names in 2 columns]/"They shall not grow old as we grow old,/Time shall not weary nor the years condemn"/LAURENCE BINYON
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Buckley, G
Calder, E C
Fielding, J A
Gledhill, W
Hartley, B
Hartley, W S
Mercer, H
Oliver, A
Rhodes, S
Sellers, J E
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- 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
- St Paul's Methodist Church WW1
- WMO ID: 258104
- Condition: Good [last updated on 02-05-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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