Friday 16 March 2018

Hatherlow Congregational Church Memorial and Graves

The church (now a Reformed Church ) is on Hatherlow next to the Spread Eagle. Inside there is a marble plaque remembering local men from the two wars. and has a churchyard with 3 Commonwealth War Graves.

The memorial plaque.



In Memory Of
 THE MEN ASSOCIATED WITH
 HATHERLOW CHAPEL, SUNDAY SCHOOL
 AND BROTHERHOOD
 WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
 IN THE GREAT WAR
 1914 - 1918

and list the following names.

and from the Second World War.
Thomas P BROWN
Arthur DUNNING

The churchyard has 3 war graves.
Private 1953 W EVANS
Manchester Regiment, 1st/6th Bn.
Died 12 Jul 1915New Yard. 449.

Gunner 25038 F E GREENWOOD.
Royal Field Artillery.
Died 18 Mar 1918.
New Yard Grave 451.


Serjeant 3019 Harry WOOD.
Cheshire Regiment, 1st/6th Bn.
Died 25-Oct-1916, age 23.
Old Yard Grave 82.

also in the churchyard is a family memorial.
Private 52895 Charles Whittam HYDE*.
Manchester Regiment, 21st Bn.
Died between 24 Oct 1917 and 27 Oct 1917.
Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium, Addenda Panel.
Son of James Hyde, of 42, Worrell Street, Stockport.

* links to More than a Name website by John Hartley.

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