Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Bolton
- Town
- Horwich
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 88734
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Current location
Holy Trinity Churchyard
Church Street
Horwich
Bolton
Greater Manchester
BL6 6AD
England
OS Grid Ref: SD64447 11538
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- An unusual low sandstone headstone, with an outwardly-sloping column carved to represent a tree trunk, are set each side of the panel bearing the inscribed inscription.
- Inscription
- .../ Also Harry, their son,/ Killed in Action in France/ Sep. 15th 1915, Aged 20 years./ Interred at Merville./ "Until the day dawn".
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Hampson, 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: Family name, forename, relationship, manner, country, and date of death, age
Order of information: Family name, forename, relationship, manner, country, and date of death, age
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- The Parochial Church Council
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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