Newton War Memorial

Newton War Memorial is located on the corner of Bennett Street and Bagshaw Street, in Hyde.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF

THE MEN OF NEWTON WHO GAVE

THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY

AND THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY

IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919.

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN

THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY

DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS". 

IN THANKSGIVING FOR THE

SACRIFICE OF PARENTS, WIVES,

AND RELATIVES OF THE FALLEN

AND FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF

THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SPARED.

SUBSCRIBED FOR AND ERECTED

BY THE INHABITANTS OF NEWTON.

All photographs by Chris Gleave.