Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1 Edwin EYRE Company Serjeant Major 17617 Edwin EYRE of 20th Bn., Manchester Regiment Killed in Action Sunday 3rd September 1916,France , age 29 Awarded Military Medal. A Message of Remembrance, written for Werneth Low Cenotaph Unveiling, 25th June 1921:Previous Man List Of Men Next Man
Of: 3 Cross Street, Hyde, Cheshire Born: 1887, Hyde, Cheshire Parents: Sarah Elizabeth Eyre and Thomas Eyre of Fall River Ward 6, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Marital status: Married to Edith M. Eyre (née Booth) of 3 Buxton Road, Stockport, Cheshire Occupation: Cotton Spinner He enlisted in: Manchester, Lancashire Remembered on: Thiepval memorial, Somme, France, Pier and Face 13A and 14 C Link with Hyde: Born in Hyde
In ever-loving memory of Edwin Eyre, M.M., Harold W. Lockyear, Harold Slater,
John S. Pursglove, Jesse D. Schoolden, Andrew Leech, Fred Moores, and William Booth.