Hooley Hill Wesleyan Chapel

Hooley Hill Wesleyan chapel, Guide Lane, Audenshaw was founded in 1807 and closed in 2004. Although the letter refers to a Roll of Honour in the chapel with nine names, the author chose not to mention the two whose full details he was unable to obtain. The evidence suggests that the details of Jos. W. Brindley and F. Arden arrived at the last moment.

The men listed are:

Private Hedley Richardson                                    48196           12^th Bn. Manchester Regt.

Gunner Reginald Thomas Hugh Sutherland 181447          24^th Siege Battery, Royal                                                                                                                                          Garrison Artillery

Private George Maben                                             2366               8^th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers

Private Frank Greenhalgh                                       137677          Machine Gun Corps

Sapper Ernest Walter Halliwell                                                       Royal Engineers

Pte.       Joseph W. Brindley                                     78921             Royal Army Medical Corps

L/Cpl.   F. Arden                                                             29562              1/5^th Bn. Manchester Regt.

Hedley Richardson died in 1919, but is recorded on the Audenshaw War Memorial

Joseph W. Brindley did not die until 1921, and this is the only memorial to his war service.

Additional sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission and IWM Lives of the First World War.