Godley Hill War Memorial

Located in a small memorial garden on Godley Hill Road in Hyde. It commemorates those from the area who were killed in the two world wars, as well as those who served.

The main inscription reads.

ERECTED

IN HONOUR

AND DEEP GRATITUDE

TO THE

MEN WHO FOUGHT

FOR

  LIBERTY AND FREEDOM  

IN THE

GREAT WORLD WAR

1914 - 1919.

UNVEILED BY

DANIEL ADAMSON Esq,

OF LONGLANDS,

JULY 17th 1920

FALLEN

LIEUT DANIEL ADAMSON

PTE ALEC BOWKER

GR WM BROOKES

PTE TOM EDDINGS

SGT JOHN PURSGLOVE

1914 - 1919

PTE ERIC BELLAERS

P O HARRY N DAVIES, DFC

F E SGT HAROLD JACKSON

PTE ERNEST MILLER

PTE JOSEPH MILLER

1939 - 1945

SGT ERNEST BEAL

SGT ALFRED BARTON

PTE DAVID BARDSLEY

PTE Wm BULLOUGH

CPL J Wm DAY

PTE J Wm ELLIS

PTE ARTHUR ELLIS

CPL GEO. GIBSON

SGT R P HITCHIN

DR Wm HUGHES

PTE FRED HOWARTH

DR Wm KNOWLES

PTE Wm KIRKHAM

LIEUT ERNEST LEE

PTE Wm SMALLEY

PTE JAS TAYLOR

PTE ERNEST WILKINSON

SGT THOS WILKINSON

PTE HAROLD WIDDOWSON

PTE WALTER C WALKER

LIEUT GEO R ADAMSON

PTE SIDNEY BEAL

PTE HARRY CRITCHLOW

PTE FRANK CRITCHLOW

CPL GEO COOMBES

SP VERE FOSTER

PTE ED HEWITT

DR Wm JACKSON

PTE HERBERT JONES

PTE ARTHUR JONES

PTE FRANK JONES

PTE Wm LEECH

PTE JOHN MELLOR

SGT J Wm OLDHAM

PTE FRANK OLDHAM

PTE HERBERT A PRICE

GR JOHN SWAN

PTE ED SMITH

GR J Wm TURNER

PTE ARTHUR FERNLEY

IN

MEMORY

OF

THE FALLEN

OF

GODLEY HILL

All photographs by Chris Gleave.