War Memorial, Werneth Low, Hyde, Cheshire.

War Memorial, Werneth Low, Hyde, Cheshire.

Location

On Werneth Low, a hill overlooking Hyde, Cheshire.
(In Tameside, Greater Manchester, since the 1974 county boundary change).

Description

A stone column surrounded by railings. There are no names on this memorial. However, the names of the men of the Hyde who fell in the first world war are shown on panels in Hyde Town Tall.

Inscription

THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919

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IN HONOUR
OF THE 710 MEN
OF HYDE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR
KING AND COUNTRY

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"THEY WILLINGLY LEFT
THE UNACHIEVED PURPOSE
OF THEIR LIVES IN ORDER
THAT ALL LIFE SHOULD
NOT BE WRENCHED
FROM ITS PURPOSE"

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IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF HYDE
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR
1939 - 1945

War Memorial, Werneth Low, Hyde, Cheshire.

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