Memorial

St John, Abram - Private A Ackers

The gravestone

Source: Copyright David Long

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Current Location

St John the Evangelist churchyard, Warrington Road, Abram, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN2 5XA, England

SD 60752 01581

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 91805
Description: A lancet-arched sandstone headstone with ivy leaves carved within the arch. The inscription is incised.
Inscription: .../ Also of Private Abraham Ackers/ No. 1156/ 6th Battalion Border Regiment,/ Who Died at Sea on HMS Morea/ November 6th 1915, Aged 29 years./ ....

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, number, unit, manner, and date of death, age
Order of names: As above

Gravestone

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good