The Yorkshire Regiment, - War Memorials Elsewhere

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Heywood (Lancs)

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The Heywood (Lanxcs) Cenotaph
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Photo : Harry Downham Clarke of the War Memorials On Line website

The Cenotaph in Heywood is situated in the Memorial Gardens off Church Street.

The memorial is a Cenotaph flanked by two low walls. The Cenotaph commemorates the two World Wars, whilst the flanking stones mark those conflicts since 1945. The central memorial is made of Portland stone. A bronze statue of peace sculpted by Walter Marsden stands at the front of the memorial. She stands with her head is bowed and she holds a laurel wreath.

669 soldiers are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, as well as otherrs in the Second World War and subsequent conflicts.

2 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the memorial.

Sapper Thomas Carney. 216506. 92nd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Formerly 12th Battalion (Pioneers), Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. J and Mrs. Martha Carney, of 29, Lewtas St., North Shore, Blackpool. Native of Southport. Died of wounds 22 August 1918. Aged 23.
Born Heywood (Lancs), Enlisted Blackpool, Resided Heysham (Lancs).
Buried RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME.

Private Fred Hardman. 10308. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 March 1915.
Born Heywood (Manchester), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Rochdale.
Commemorated on Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.

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