Hayfield War Memorial


The Memorial stands on a piece of ground across the river bridge from the church and has inscriptions on four sides

First World War Names       Second World War Names     Civilians

Side One

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY 

OF THE MEN OF HAYFIELD

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING

AND COUNTRY

THEIR BRIGHT SPIRIT STILL TENANTS THE

HEARTS OF THOSE WHO LOVED THEM

THEY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN

BY THE PATH OF DUTY

AND SELF-SACRIFICE 

LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER 

SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES

ARE NOT FORGOTTEN

Side Two

BAMFORD JOEL

BARLTROP CHARLES H.

BEEVER WILLIAM N.

BENNETT JAMES

BENNETT RAYMOND

BOWDEN DOUGLAS

BOWDEN LEONARD

BRADLEY FRED

BUTLER NORMAN

CLARKE WILLIAM R.

COLLEY JOHN H.

CROWTHER FRED

DOUGHTY THEODORE

DRINKWATER STEWART

FRANCE WILLIE

FURNESS JOHN

GARLICK ELIJAH

GARSIDE JOHN

GEE JOHN

 

Side Three

HADFIELD SAMUEL

HADFIELD TOM

HADFIELD WILLIAM

HANDFORD HARRY

HANDFORD JOHN

HAYNES JOHN W.

HEARSUM HARRY

HIBBERT PERCY

HODGSON FRED

HUDSON HARRY

JENNINGS FRED

JEPSON EZRA

JOHNSON SAMUEL

MITCHELL TOM

PARKER WILLIAM

PORRITT JOHN T.

PRICE HERBERT E.

RAMWELL ISAAC

RANGELEY AARON

 

Side Four

REDFERN JABEZ H.B.

REDFERN TOM

RICHARDSON HAROLD R.

ROBINSON UGHTRED H.

ROEBUCK ALBERT

SHAW HUBERT

SINGLETON FRANK

SMITH GEORGE

THOMPSON WILLIE

TOWLER HERBERT

TYRE TOM

WARDLE WILLIAM 

WATERHOUSE CHARLES

WATERHOUSE FRED

WATERHOUSE JOE

WATERHOUSE WILLIE

WOGAN EDWARD

WOOLLEY JAMES S.

HANDFORD JOSEPH N.

 

On a tablet at the front of the Memorial

ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF

THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN

II GREAT WAR 1939 - 45

BAXTER ARNOLD

BARNES ROBERT S.

ELLIS ARTHUR E.

FARMER WILLIAM

HILL JAMES R.

LLEWELLYN HUGH G.

MATHER FREDERICK R.

MESSENGER ERNEST P.

WHARMBY JAMES T.

THE FOLLOWING CIVILIANS WERE KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION

GIBSON ALBERT

GIBSON EDITH

GIBSON GLADYS M.

GIBSON MARGARET J.

ROBINSON HANNAH

THORPE FREDA

 

"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"