July 20, 2010
"Pte Jim Ferrier, from north Manchester, was shot 10 times during an Allied surge on the Western Front in 1918 before he finally fell in battle aged 33.
His body was never brought home, and the memorial at Boggart Hole Clough stood as the only marker for his bravery before it was stolen.
Thieves chipped away at the sandstone monument and wrenched off two of the three bronze plaques..." read more
From the Manchester Evening News, and by Pete Bainbridge.
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