How you can use this image
This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s).
Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.
The collection that owns the artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.
Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.
Notes
Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.
Title
War Memorial
Date
1919–1922
Medium
bronze
Measurements
H 1066 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
OL6_FM_S029
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Ashton War Memorial Committee
Work type
War memorial
Custodian
Tameside MBC
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
16 September 1922
Inscription description
38 bronze panels containing Second World War roll of honour, each with 40 names, giving total of 1,512; Second World War roll of honour on two panels at extreme left and right of memorial; bronze tablet on front: ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF / ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE AND DISTRICT / WHO FOUGHT FOR KING AND EMPIRE IN / THE GREAT WAR, ESPECIALLY THOSE / WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES, AND / WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED HEREON / 1914-1919.; on left-hand side: 1939-45; on four panels on front of central column, reading downwards: BELGIUM / FRANCE / GALLIPOLI / EGYPT / ITALY; on back: MESOPOTAMIA / AFRICA / TURKEY / MACEDONIA / RUSSIA