Memorial Location:Miscellaneous
Oldham Auxillary/National Fire Service
Company/Works War Memorial
Commemorating
War Dead
Wars Commemorated
Second World War
Constructed By
Constructors Address
Trade/Occupation
Physical Description
Bronze plaques on hardwood board
Date Unveiled
By Whom
Original Address

				
		
				
Current Address

				
Oldham Fire Station,
Station No: E33,
Lees Road,
Oldham.
OL4 1JN

				
	

	

		
				
Who Paid For Memorial

				
				
		
				
Who's responsible

				Greater Manchester Fire Service
				
	

	

		
				
Their Address

				Oldham Fire Station,
Station No: E33,
Lees Road,
Oldham.
OL4 1JN
				
	

	

		
			
Condition of Memorial

				
	

	

		
			
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						Served 
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Rank Included
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Regt/Service
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General Information

				
	

	

		
			
Of the eight firemen commemorated on this memorial, five of them died
fighting fires at Trafford Park/Stretford during the Manchester Blitz
on the 23rd/24th December 1940.

Joseph Henry Hilton - 23/12/1940 at T/P

Benjamin Schofield - 23/12/1940 at T/P

James Dunkerley Spalding - 23/12/1940 at T/P

Harold Shawcross - 24/12/1940 at Withington Hospital

Thomas Hughes - 25/12/1940 at Withington Hospital (see also the
Manchester F.B. Memorial)


				
	

	

	

	

		
			
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