Hayton
St Peter

War Memorial

The war memorial is made of Portland stone and is in the form of a square tapering plinth surmounted by an obelisk. The memorial is situated in the churchyard and was unveiled in January 1921. The inscription reads:

ERECTED
BY THE
PARISHIONERS
OF HAYTON WITH
TILN
 IN GRATEFUL
 MEMORY OF
THE YOUNG MEN
FROM THIS
PARISH WHO
FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918
ROBERT EMSON
          FRANCE OCT. 8TH 1916.
CYRIL WHITWORTH PARKIN
          FRANCE SEP. 17TH 1917.
CHARLES WILLIAM TOMLINSON
          DIED OF WOUNDS
          FRANCE SEP. 28TH 1918.
DEC. 1920
"GREATER LOVE HATH ON MAN THAN
 THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
 FOR HIS FRIENDS"         JOHN 15.13