Memorial

3rd Battalion Manchester Regiment in the Cleethorpes Zeppelin Raid

Source: Copyright Joan Secker Wlodarczyk

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Current Location

St Michael and All Angels Church, Church Street, Ashton Under Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester, OL6 6XJ, England

SJ 94126 99004

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 47711
Description: Brass Plaque on a wooden backboard
Inscription: IN MEMORIAM/N.C.O'S AND MEN/3RD BATTALION/THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT/(NAMES)/Who lost their lives n the Service of their Country/on April 1st 1916 at Cleethorpes.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 31
Died: 31
Information shown: service number, rank, surname, initials of forenames, regiment, date of death, place of death
Additional Information: They died in a Zeppelin raid on the town

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

MENTIONED IN THE UNPUBLISHED HISTORY OF THE 3RD MANCHESTER BY LT COL THORNYCROFT 1937. HELD IN MANCHESTER REGT ARCHIVES