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Stalybridge, Lancashire is in Lancashire.
The River Tame rises from a number of reservoirs on Saddleworth Moor near Denshaw, Lancashire [Map] from where it flows past Delph, Lancashire [Map], Uppermill, Lancashire [Map], Mossley, Lancashire [Map], Stalybridge, Lancashire [Map], Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [Map], Woodley, Lancashire [Map], Reddish Vale, Lancashire [Map] before joining the River Goyt to form the River Mersey.
Stalybridge War Memorial, Lancashire, North-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Stalybridge War Memorial [Map] is situated at the Northern end of Trinity Street, at the point where it meets Market Street. When it was built it faced the Stalybridge Town Hall, but this has since been demolished. The initial Memorial was bisected by Trinity Street and it backs onto Victoria Bridge which spans the River Tame. The Memorial was inaugurated on November 6th, 1921 and approximately 24,000 people, virtually all the population of the town, attended the ceremony. The Great War tablets initially bore the names of 628 men from Stalybridge who lost their lives in World War 1, but with later additions the final figure was 666. Recent research has identified approximately 300 names connected with Stalybridge whose names are missing from the memorial.
A ceremony of dedication began at 3 o'clock. The Mayor of Stalybridge, Councillor Mrs. Ada Summers, unveiled the Army pedestal, and Alderman James Bottomley, the town's Mayor during the war, unveiled the Navy pedestal. Ex-Private Ernest Sykes V.C. of Mossley, but of a Stalybridge family, laid a wreath on behalf of the Stalybridge Branch of the British Legion of Ex-Servicemen. The memorial was dedicated by the Rural Dean of Mottram, Canon T. H. Sheriff. A choir of 400 voices from all the town's churches was present, and after the ceremony the memorial was covered with flowers.
