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Title
Memorial to Albert Lee (d.1907)
Medium
stone
Measurements
H 650 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 518 x W 137 x D 137 cm
Accession number
OL10_PRJ_S003
Acquisition method
erected by public subscription
Work type
Obelisk
Owner
Rochdale Borough Council
Custodian
Rochdale Borough Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
11th April 1908
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on central section: THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / TO COMMEMORATE THE GALLANT / AND HEROIC CONDUCT OF / ALBERT LEE / OF 79, STARKY STREET, HEYWOOD, / AGED 15, / WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN ATTEMPTING / TO RESCUE HIS COMPANION, / DAVID ASHWORTH, / FROM DROWNING IN THE RIVER ROACH / OPPOSITE THIS SPOT ON / SATURDAY AFTERNOON THE / 15 JUNE 1907. / 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS; / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS'/ JOHN XV. 13.