Longdendale Broadbottom WWI Memorial - Broadbottom, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 26.470 W 002° 01.002
30U E 565314 N 5921799
This stone monument surmounted by a cross and surrounded by railings was originally erected to commemorate the men of Broadbottom who lost their lives in World War I.
It has subsequently been amended to commemorate the dead from WWII and later wars.
Waymark Code: WMYJPA
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/21/2018
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The memorial is number 3271 on the Imperial War Museum list of memorials.
It is in the format of a Four-sided plinth, with pillars at each corner and tablets bearing inscription. Above each tablet there is a small gable. The pillars are capped with pinnacles, and the monument is topped with a dome which bears a large cross. The memorial is surrounded by railings with gold balls on top.
The front face has the following inscription.
1914 PRO PATRIA 1918
IN PROUD
AND
LOVING MEMORY/ OF
THE MEN OF THIS
VILLAGE WHO LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES DURING THE
EUROPEAN WAR
1914-1918
THEIR NAME LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE
The names on the memorial are as follows
Hudson ASHWORTH
Frank BEARD
Harold BEARD
Albert BROADBENT
Archie BIRTWISTLE
Frank BROWN
Clarence CHATTERTON
Eric CUMMINGS
Arthur DAWSON
Robert ETCHELLS
James HADFIELD
Fred HALL
Ira HALL
Harold HANCOCK
Charles HEMMINGS
Fred HIGGINBOTTOM
John IBBOTSON
Albert LITTLEWOOD
Alec McCULLOCK
Harry PORTER
Fred ROBINSON
Arthur SIDEBOTTOM
Ben SIDEBOTTOM
Tom SLACK
David SMITH
John SMITH
Stanley STRUTT
George TITTERINGTON
Tom TITTERINGTON
Arthur WAINWRIGHT
John YOUNG
William SMITH
1939 - 1945
Samuel HIGGINBOTTOM
Harry NORMAN
Arthur WILCOCK
Neville DAVIS
New inscription under the original
IN PROUD MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THIS VILLAGE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AT
THE CALL OF THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE YEARS SINCE 1945
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM