Oldham Historical Research Group

'THE GREAT WAR',     'THE WAR TO END WAR',     'WORLD WAR 1'
'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.'
                                                                                                  
from 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' by Wilfred Owen

1914 - 1918

MEMORIALS & ROLLS OF HONOUR
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St. Paul's Methodist Church, Shaw, Memorial Tablet

St. Paul's Methodist Church, Shaw
Memorial Tablet
& Autograph Book with 115 names & details

War Graves, in Oldham area cemeteries, maintained by the CWGC

War Graves,
in Oldham area cemeteries,
maintained by the CWGC

St. Paul's Church, Oldham (Ashton Rd) - Memorial Tablets

St. Paul's Church, Oldham (Ashton Rd)
Memorial Tablets

Remembrance Day Service & Ceremony of Handing over Memorial Volume

Urban District of Failsworth
Remembrance Day Service
and Ceremony of Handing
over Memorial Volume, 1935

Higher Failsworth Memorial Park

Opening of the
Higher Failsworth
Memorial Park
Saturday, June 23rd, 1923

St.Thomas C of E School, Werneth - Great War Display

St.Thomas C of E School, Werneth
Great War Display

December 2014

'Lest We Forget'

Cleethorpes Memorial erected in 1918

CLEETHORPES
Memorial to the men
of the 3rd Manchester Regiment
who died in a Zeppelin raid
on 1st April 1916

programme for unveiling of Failsworth memorial (cenotaph) 1923

June 10th, 1923
Programme
Failsworth Cenotaph
for the unveiling of the memorial
(8 pages + finance notes)

Servicemen on the memorial at St. Thomas, Werneth.

Servicemen on the memorial
at St. Thomas, Werneth.

Failsworth Wesleyan Roll of Honour

Failsworth Wesleyan
Church & School
Roll of Honour

Failsworth Wesleyan 1931 Memorial Service WW1

Failsworth Wesleyan
Church
1931 Memorial Service

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