War Memorial, Hyde Chapel, Gee Cross.

War Memorial, Hyde Chapel, Gee Cross.

Location

In Hyde Chapel, Gee Cross.

Description

A window in honour of those who served in the two world wars and in memory of those who fell. The dedication is recorded on panels flanking the window. The names those of the congregation who fell are carved into wooden panels beneath the window.

Inscription

THIS WINDOW
WAS ERECTED BY THE
CONGREGATION
AND SCHOOL OF
HYDE CHAPEL
IN HONOUR OF THOSE
KNOWN TO THEM
WHO SERVED IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
AND IN GRATEFUL
MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO FELL.

"TEACH US, GOOD LORD,
TO SERVE THEE
AS THOU DESERVEST;
TO GIVE AND NOT TO
COUNT THE COST;
TO FIGHT AND NOT TO
HEED THE WOUNDS;
TO TOIL AND NOT TO
SEEK FOR REST;
TO LABOUR AND NOT
TO ASK FOR ANY
REWARD, SAVE THAT
OF KNOWING THAT WE
DO THY WILL."

THIS WINDOW
WAS REDEDICATED BY
THE FELLOWSHIP
OF THIS HOUSE
OF PRAYER,
ALSO TO THOSE WHO
FOLLOWED THEIR FATHERS
BY SERVING IN THE
2nd WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945
AND THAT WE MIGHT
NEVER FORGET THOSE
WHO DID NOT RETURN.

TO SUFFER WOES
WHICH HOPE THINKS
INFINITE;
TO FORGIVE WRONGS
DARKER THAN DEATH
OR NIGHT; TO DEFY POWER
WHICH SEEMS OMNIPOTENT;
TO LOVE AND BEAR;
TO HOPE TILL HOPE
CREATES
FROM ITS OWN WRECK
THE THING IT
CONTEMPLATES.

1914 - 1918


Thomas H
GRANT
of Denton

Joseph
PHILLIPS
of Dukinfield
Richard
BADDELEY
Albert
BOOTH
Herbert
BOURNE
Fred
BRADSHAW
All of Gee Cross
John
CARR
Robert
CAWLEY
E Neale
CHADWICK
Alfred
DANIELS
All of Gee Cross
John
DUNKERLEY
John W
HAUGHTON
Alex
OLDHAM
Arthur
OLDHAM
All of Gee Cross
James
  OLLERENSHAW
Sidney
ROBINSON
William
SIDEBOTHAM
Samuel
SOUTER
All of Gee Cross
Harold
WATSON
Ernest
WOOD
Both of Gee Cross

John
BROOKE
of Hyde
William
HOWARD
Walter
ROBINSON
Daniel
  WARHURST
Joseph
WILDE
All of Hyde
1939 - 1945


H Lloyd
  WYNNE, DFM
of Gee Cross

Harold
ROBINSON
of Hyde

War Memorial, Hyde Chapel, Gee Cross.

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