Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Rochdale
- Town
- Littleborough
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 98115
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Current location
St James' Churchyard
Calderbrook Road
Littleborough
Rochdale
Greater Manchester
OL15 9NW
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 94128 18186
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Shouldered, triangular arched grey granite headstone with cutaway sides, and with a frieze of ivy and roses etched inside the arch. The inscription is incised.
- Inscription
- .../ Also Sergeant Joseph H Smith,/ of the First East Lancashire Regiment/ Who was Accidentally Killed on Duty/ near Frankfort, South Africa/ April 8th 1902, Aged 32 years./ ....
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Smith, Joseph H
See details - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, initial, surname, unit, manner, place, country, and date of death, age
Order of information: As above
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- 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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