Memorial

Waterhead

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Current Location

Heywood Street/Brideoake Street junction, Waterhead, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL4 2JQ, England

SD 95205 05996

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 2132
Description: Soldier holding helmet aloft on square pedestal
Inscription: (FRONT): TO / THE MEN OF / WATERHEAD / WHO FOUGHT / AND FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 (REAR): ERECTED / BY PUBLIC / SUBSCRIPTION / UNVEILED BY / ELISHA BARDSLEY JP / APRIL 17TH 1920 (CENTRE): IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN AND WOMEN / OF THIS PARISH / WHO FELL DURING THE / 1939-1945 / WAR/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM (LH SIDE): COUNCILLOR WM BUCKLEY JP CHAIRMAN / COUNCILLOR WM SCHOFIELD JP VICE CHAIRMAN / ELISHA BARDSLEY JP TREASURER / H STEVENSON AND R SHAW SECRETARIES

Maker(s): PROFESSOR GEORGE HARVARD THOMAS MA, Sculptor
Maintenance History: 2007: Bayonet replaced by local steel company 2004: Bayonet found in church yard after heavy rain. Stolen again New Year's Eve. Bayonet broken, probably in 1972 move

Unveiled

17 April 1920

Elisha Bardsley JP

Rededicated

9 November 2000

Local Clergy/Dignitaries