To the Honoured memory of
Lieut Colonel Wilfrith ELSTOB VC DSO MC
16th Manchester Regiment, 1st City Battalion.
Third son of the Vicar of this Parish,
killed in action whilst commanding his Battalion
in the famous defence of Manchester Hill, France
21st March 1918, aged 29.
"The Manchester Regiment will defend Manchester Hill to the last."
"Manchesters: Here we fight and here we die."