H. Tyson Smith

George Herbert Tyson Smith (1883–1972), was an English sculptor born in Liverpool. He executed many works in the Liverpool and Merseyside area, in particular war memorials. He was the brother-in-law of fellow Liverpool sculptor Edward Carter Preston. Carter Preston designed the "Next of Kin Memorial Plaque" He was the uncle of the potter Julia Carter Preston.

Tyson Smith's father was an engraver and lithographic printer. Tyson Smith attended Liverpool College of Art where he studied plaster and stone carving and clay modeling. He was taught drawing by Augustus John at the "Art Sheds". Tyson Smith was particularly interested in the early artistic works of Egypt and Greece.

In the First World War, Tyson Smith served in the Royal Flying Corps.

Tyson Smith set up his first studio in 1919 when he returned from war service and he moved into a larger studio at Bluecoat Studios in 1925.

"TO THE HONOURED MEMORY/OF THE MEN OF ACCRINGTON/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919/THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/THIS LAND INVIOLATE/THEIRS THE GLORY"

"NORTHERN/IRELAND/(NAME)/FALKLANDS/CAMPAIGN 1982/(NAMES)"

"LET US REMEMBER THOSE WHO IN THEIR LIVES FOUGHT AND DIED FOR US IN MEMORIAM 1939-1945/(NAMES)"

"To the Proud and Honoured Memory of those men from this Congregation who fought and gave their lives in the Great Wars/(Names)/1914-1918/(Names)/1939-1945"

"1914 - 1918/To the Glory of God & In memory of the men/of this Church who fell in the Great War/(Names)/Greater love hath no man than this/That a man lay down his life for his friends"

"Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam/In grateful remembrance of the men of this parish who gave their lives in the Great War/All these were honoured in their generations and were the Glory of their times./Ecclesiasticus XLIV-VII."

"Mors Ianva Vitae/In grateful remembrance/of the Officers and Men of/the 22nd Cheshire Regiment/Who laid down their lives in/The service of the Country/1939-1945"

"In proud memory of the Officers/Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of/The Cheshire (Earl of Chester's) Yeomanry/who gave their lives for their Country/in the Great War 1939-1945"

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