Werneth Low Cenotaph

On Werneth Low overlooking the town of Hyde, it commemorates the men of Hyde who died during the Great War of 1914-1919. A panel has been added to the rear remembering those fron the Second Word War. There are no names on the memorial.

THE GREAT WAR 

1914 - 1919

IN HONOUR

OF THE 710 MEN

OF HYDE WHO GAVE

THEIR LIVES FOR

KING AND COUNTRY

THEY WILLINGLY LEFT

THE UNACHIEVED PURPOSE

OF THEIR LIVES IN ORDER

THAT ALL LIFE SHOULD

NOT BE WRENCHED

FROM ITS PURPOSE

IN MEMORY OF

THE MEN AND WOMEN OF HYDE

WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR

1939 - 1945

There is a small garden of remembrance in the car park at the Higham Lane entrance to the Country Park

LEST WE FORGET

In this place of peace....

reflect on the wars that have brought such sorrow

remember those who died

those who suffer those who mourn

We inherit the benefits of such sacrifice

may we be thankful

an our lives work for justice and peace

HYDE WAR MEMORIAL TRUST

remembering the Great War World War II and all conflicts

All photographs by Chris Gleave