WW1 Roll of Honour, St Mary Magdalene, Broadbottom, Cheshire

War Memorial, St Mary Magdalene's Church, Broadbottom, Cheshire

Location

In the Magdalene Centre, Broadbottom, Cheshire.   The Magdalene Centre is the new name for the church of St Mary Magdalene, now used as a parish hall and community resource in the village of Broadbottom.   The Roll of Honour is not usually on display but is stored within the building.

Description

A hand written document in an elaborate glass fronted wooden frame.

It Names

The parishioners of St Mary Magdalene, Broadbottom, who served in the first world war.

Inscription

ROLL OF HONOR BROADBOTTOM CHESHIRE
ASHWORTH H ASHTON H ASHWORTH H ALEXANDER J BACON F W BAILEY J C BAILEY I H BANCROFT J BARKER Thos BARLOW B BARLOW W BARNES Geo BARNES A BARNES Wm BATTY Wm BATTY Jas BEAUMONT Wm BEARD H BEARD F BEELEY A BEELEY B BENTLEY J BIRTWISTLE A BIRTWISTLE H BOOTHBY Wm BRADDOCK Ed BRADDOCK J BRADDOCK T BRADLEY A BROADBENT H BROMLEY E BROWN F BROADBENT A BARLOW Jno CALVERT G CAMERON J CAMERON E CAVANAGH R CHADWICK J J CHATTERTON C COCKAYNE J J COCKAYNE F CONNOR J CONNOR V COOPER H COSTOBADIE L P COSTOBADIE H C COTTERILL W CUMMINGS E CUMMINGS J W + + + + + DAVIES L A DAWSON A DAY E DEVINEY J DUTTON F DUTTON G DUTTON S ECCLES A ETCHELLS R ETCHELLS Wm ETCHELLS C EVILL G FIELDING G H FIELDING S GALLAGHER S GALLAGHER J GLEDHILL J GODDARD E GOULD N GRACEY A GRACEY S GREGORY J W GRUNDY F HACKNEY S HADFIELD J HALL F HALL J HAMMERSLEY C HANCOCK H HANCOCK W HARKER Hbt HARKER Hd HARROP H HAWORTH D HEMMINGS C HEYWOOD T + + + + +HIGGINBOTTOM F HIGGINBOTTOM J HOBSON H HODKINSON F HOLLAND J J HUGHES G HUMPHREYS H HURST C HYDE W R HYDE Rbt HYDE S HYDE T HEMMINGS J IBBOTTSON S IBBOTTSON J IBBOTTSON T IBBOTTSON F JACKSON J JOHNSON H JOHNSON E JOHNSON H JONES E JUBB A KENYON C KITCHING C T KNIGHT G LEWIS G LITTLEWOOD A LOMAS Wm LOMAS W LOMAS J LOMAS F LOMAS W T LOWE T LOMAX H H LOMAX H J LITTLEWOOD G W MacCULLOCK Adw MacCULLOCK A MacTURK+ + + MARGRAVE A MELLOR A MELLOR Jasp MELLOR J MIDDLETON T R MIDDLETON S MORAN Jas (Senior) MORAN John MORAN Jas (Junr) MAYLECRAINE Thos MELLOR Athor MARGRAVE N NEWTON H NOON J W OLDHAM W OLDHAM Wlf PARROTT O PORTER G PORTER H PILKINGTON RIDGEWAY Wm ROBINSON F ROURKE Jn ROURKE Jas RIDGEWAY J I SAGAR SANDIFORD C SHAW L SHORE W SHORE A SIDEBOTTOM A SIDEBOTTOM B SIDEBOTTOM J A SLACK S SLACK T SLACK H SLATER J A SMITH Jas SMITH E SMITH Jn SMITH L SMITH A SMITH G SMITH Wm SMITH W T STRINGER H G STRUTT S STRUTT P SWANN J SWANN + + + + + + +SWANN I SWANN R SMITH D STRUTT H STRUTT H STRUTT F SYKES H TATMAN G TATMAN C THORPE T TITTERINGTON G TITTERINGTON T TITTERINGTON J TRICKETT J TOPPING Aao TOPPING A TOWNLEY H W TOWNLEY Jas THORPE J WAINWRIGHT A WALMSLEY W B WARING A WHATMOUGH T WILD T WILLETT E WILLIAMS J A WILSON W WOLSTENHOLME W WOLSTENHOLME A WORTHINGTON G YATES J W YATES E YATES H YOUNG J + + + +
+ Killed in Action, or, Died on Active Service

War Memorial, St Mary Magdalene's Church, Broadbottom, Cheshire

Notes

This memorial was not easy to transcribe. The script in which it was written, faded writing, background discolouration, and the very small letters in which the hints at Christian names are written, all caused problems. Despite that, I believe we have achieved an accurate transcription. However, as always on this web site, corrections are gratefully received.

Thanks

To Tony Kershaw for help in creating this web page.

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