tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post856323029092781522..comments2024-02-11T00:32:15.093+00:00Comments on Hyde Cheshire Blog: The lost memorials.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-56272006219088581362013-01-09T13:58:19.105+00:002013-01-09T13:58:19.105+00:00MT Maloney: Can I ask how you know Harry Warburton...MT Maloney: Can I ask how you know Harry Warburton died from wounds? I can't find any mention of him in the North Cheshire Herald and the canal memorial says he was killed in Italy in 1946.<br /><br />He served in the 9th Queen's Lancers (Royal Armoured Corps)and would have been involved in heavy fighting in Italy in 1944-45.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-44120861794918908372012-06-16T23:06:43.493+01:002012-06-16T23:06:43.493+01:00I've just linked here from a post on Old Hyde....I've just linked here from a post on <a href="http://oldhyde.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/warburton-plant-and-nash-memorials.html" rel="nofollow">Old Hyde</a>.Gerald (SK14)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-61965206914659514502012-06-10T18:54:15.944+01:002012-06-10T18:54:15.944+01:00Well done.. I'd had a look on the Common Wealt...Well done.. I'd had a look on the Common Wealth War Graves site but could not find him... great work... thank you.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-90087047575581301382012-06-10T18:08:48.730+01:002012-06-10T18:08:48.730+01:00Have finally tracked down R.H.Nash. He died 31st A...Have finally tracked down R.H.Nash. He died 31st August 1943 in combat. He was a FLT Engineer in the Royal Air Force Reserve, 7th Sqdn. His service number was 1109844, he is buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.Maloneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-79208830190842206462012-06-10T16:35:04.274+01:002012-06-10T16:35:04.274+01:00You'll note, by the way, that the original mem...You'll note, by the way, that the original memorial gave the dates of the First World War as 1914 to 1919 (as does the War Memorial on Werneth Low). I always say this confuses both British and American people, as the British tend to think that it ended in 1918 and the Americans that it started in 1917. The Armistice was signed in 1918 but the Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended the war, wasn't signed till 1919.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03958274012756804516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-90503270402908015602012-06-10T16:34:16.353+01:002012-06-10T16:34:16.353+01:00Thank you for that Dave.. I found the pictures you...Thank you for that Dave.. I found the pictures you sent and the cutting from the Reporter on a disk early this morning... ..Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-80973022692661700462012-06-10T16:26:12.161+01:002012-06-10T16:26:12.161+01:00I have taken several photos of the memorial stones...I have taken several photos of the memorial stones and the surroundings where the boat club originally stood. The inscriptions on the two stones say:<br /><br /> THIS LAND WAS GIVEN<br /> BY<br /> MR AND MRS N WARBURTON<br />AS A MEMORIAL TO THEIR SON<br /> HARRY HURST WARBURTON<br /> KILLED IN ITALY<br /> FEBRUARY 23RD 1946<br /> WHILST ON ACTIVE SERVICE<br /> WITH H.M.FORCES<br /><br />and<br /><br />ALSO TO THOSE WHO FELL<br />IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR<br />1939-1945<br />FLIGHT SGT R.H.NASH<br />FLYING OFFICER F.PLANT<br />TROOPER H.H.WARBURTON<br /><br />The original memorial which stood there was erected to commemorate rowing club members who were killed in the First World War and inscribed on the base was these four inscriptions:<br /><br />ERECTED BY ST GEORGE'S SUNDAY SCHOOL ROWING CLUB<br /><br />FALLEN;<br />PRIVATE THOMAS H.METCALFE<br />PRIVATE W.WHITEHEAD<br />CORPORAL ARTHUR ROBINSON<br />PRIVATE WILLIAM WILSON<br />PRIVATE H.W.BANCROFT<br /><br />BY THE FLAG THEY BATTLED FOR SO LONG, BY THE FAME THEY SUFFERED SO TO SAVE. HONOUR BE AND PRAISE TO THE GALLANT AND THE STRONG, HONOUR THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE.<br /><br />IN REMEMBRANCE AND DEEP GRATITUDE TO THEIR CHUMS WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1914-1919<br /><br />The second memorial stone shown here was obviously added to commemorate the three club members who died in the Second World War. The newspaper cutting I have suggests that the original memorial was destroyed by vandalism and the Second World War memorial was fished out of the canal at some point and set into the ground along with the one commemorating that the ground had been given by the parents of Harry Warburton.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03958274012756804516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-9962667088810642362012-06-10T14:54:30.811+01:002012-06-10T14:54:30.811+01:00I don't know if this is the same R.H.Nash, but...I don't know if this is the same R.H.Nash, but there was a person of that name held at the Oschatz Prisoner of War Camp in Saxony. He was a Sapper in the Royal Engineers. It would have been helpful if the writing on the memorial stone had been copied.Maloneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-54798655535882073252012-06-10T13:10:37.707+01:002012-06-10T13:10:37.707+01:00Thanks Gerald ! :)Thanks Gerald ! :)Hydonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723686770197717456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-48793792708146976792012-06-10T10:14:07.982+01:002012-06-10T10:14:07.982+01:00R.H.Nash (Robert Harry Nash) was the son of Harry ...R.H.Nash (Robert Harry Nash) was the son of Harry Nash and Jane Hyde, married at St.George's in 1921. Robert was born the following year.Maloneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-24350082081351485612012-06-09T21:28:20.662+01:002012-06-09T21:28:20.662+01:00Tom - you sent me some photos you'd taken of C...Tom - you sent me some photos you'd taken of CC bridge and these memorials back in March 2010 - I never got round to using them on my blogs - I'll post them shortly and link back here.Gerald (SK14)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-83184441857324234392012-06-09T20:49:56.276+01:002012-06-09T20:49:56.276+01:00Thanks for the information... I've drawn a bla...Thanks for the information... I've drawn a blank on R.H. Nash... I've been looking for some pictures that Dave took and some scans from the Reporter he sent me once but again I've not had much luck there as well... I know they are disked.. will keep looking this week.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-59626748738478277802012-06-09T11:26:46.448+01:002012-06-09T11:26:46.448+01:00Thank you, M.T. Maloney. It's so nice to see t...Thank you, M.T. Maloney. It's so nice to see that these names on the memorial are remembered as real people.Hydonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723686770197717456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-72948494248681637172012-06-09T10:14:12.309+01:002012-06-09T10:14:12.309+01:00Harry Warburton, aged 29, was the son of Nicholas ...Harry Warburton, aged 29, was the son of Nicholas and Mary Warburton of Hyde. He was a trooper in the Royal Armoured Corps, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers. He died from war wounds 23/2/1946, and is buried in the Padua War Cemetery, Italy. Fred Plant, was the son of William and Ada Plant of Hyde. A Flying Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He lies buried in the Runnymede Memorial Park, Surrey.M.T.MALONEYnoreply@blogger.com