Outrage at plans for 5G mast yards from cenotaph

WHEN their heroes fell a town recognised the enormity of their sacrifice.

- NEAL KEELING

Their 175 names are embossed on plaques on two sides of a war memorial.

The men from the Whitefield area were killed in the First World War. On a third side of the cenotaph there are a further 80 names of local men who died in the Second World War.

When so many of the town's men failed to return from the Great War of 1914-18 not only did the town build a cenotaph but also, nearby, laid out gardens, known as Hamilton Park, and neighbouring tennis courts, and Stand cricket ground in their memory.

Despite this a telecoms company has requested 'prior approval' for a 59ft 5G mast on a wedge of grass just 15 yards from the cenotaph.