Victoria Cross Plaque, Ashton Town Hall

A blue plaque set into the wall of SJ9399 : Ashton-Under-Lyne Town Hall. It reads: TAMESIDE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH In honour of these valiant men of Tameside awarded the VICTORIA CROSS John Buckley 1813-1876 William Thomas Forshaw 1890-1943 Albert Hill 1895-1971 James Kirk 1897-1918 Andrew Moynihan 1831-1867 Arthur Herbert Procter 1890-1973 Harry Norton Schofield 1865-1931 Ernest Sykes 1885-1949 Unveiled by Councillor Philip Wilkinson 20th April 1995

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