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""The Next of Kin Memorial Plaque" The Great War 1914–1918. Retrieved 21 October 2012 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.Artist Biography: George Herbert Tyson Smith. Norwich: University of East Anglia. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

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.

Works

War memorials

WorkLocationNotes and ReferencesThe Liverpool Scottish War Memorial LiverpoolThis memorial now stands in St George's Hall in the centre of Liverpool. This bronze memorial commemorates the Liverpool Scottish, then the 10th (Scottish) Battalion of the King’s (Liverpool Regiment) and was unveiled on 9 June 1923 by General Lord Horne at the Drill Hall in Fraser Street, Liverpool. It contains an illuminated leather-bound book recording the names, all listed equally, of over 1,100 Territorial officers and men of the Liverpool Scottish who fell in the First World War. It was designed by Major Campbell of the Regiment and was sculpted by Herbert Tyson Smith.The Liverpool Scottish War Memorial The Liverpool Scottish. Retrieved 21 October 2012Accrington War MemorialAccrington LancashireThe War Memorial in Accrington was unveiled on 1 July 1922, the anniversary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme, and stands in Oak Hill Park, a public garden just outside Accrington off the Manchester Road. It consists of an obelisk on a massive pedestal with a wall behind. On the main face of the obelisk is a carved female figure. According to the notes written at the time of the unveiling, this female figure represents "Compassion" and "Piety". She holds a wreath and a palm. In front of the obelisk are twelve green Westmorland slate tablets with the names of the fallen (865 names in all). Behind this obelisk a wall bears the names of the 173 men who fell in the Second World War. On the front of the pedestal are the words "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" and on the rear "NORTHERN/IRELAND/(NAME)/FALKLANDS/CAMPAIGN 1982/(NAMES)"The wall is inscribed "LET US REMEMBER THOSE WHO IN THEIR LIVES FOUGHT AND DIED FOR US IN MEMORIAM 1939-1945/(NAMES)"The unveiling was carried out by a local industrialist, Mr.H.H.Bolton, who had lost three sons in the war.Accrington War Memorial UKNIWM. Retrieved 20 October 2012Accrington War Memorial British Cemeteries Memorials. Retrieved 21 October 2012.Accrington War Memorial Liverpool Monuments. Website with excellent photograph of main sculpture on Accrington War Memorial. Retrieved 21 October 2012Westminster Road Congregational Church War MemorialKirkdale MerseysideFor this church Tyson Smith carved a walnut memorial inscribed "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" 26 names are listed for the 1914–1918 war and six for 1939–1945.Westminster Road Congregational Church War Memorial UKNIWM. Retrieved 20 October 2012The Parish Church of Christ Church War Memorial.Bootle MerseysideThe men of the parish who laid down their lives in the 1914–1919 war are remembered on an elaborate white marble monument in the church which has depictions of a wreath and standard and a lion and the words "Pro Patria" carved on each side of the inscription. This inscription reads "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" 112 names are listed.The Parish Church of Christ Church War Memorial UKNIUWM. Retrieved 20 October 2012Bangor-Is-Y-CoedBangor-Is-Y-Coed ClwydThe memorial stands in Bangor-Is-Y-Coed's High Street and features a female figure said to represent "Mourning". She stands in front of a semi-circular wall and the inscription reads "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."23 men of Bangor-Is-Y-Coed are remembered. The village also known as Bangor-on-Dee.Bangor-Is-Y-Coed UKNIWM. Retrieved 20 October 2012Bangor War Memorial Bangor-on-Dee Website. Retrieved 21 October 2012The Parish Church of All Hallows War Memorial.Allerton MerseysideA stone table with pediment is positioned under the north transept and remembers the 27 men of the parish who gave their lives in the 1914–1919 war. It was designed by Tyson Smith.The Parish Church of All Hallows War Memorial UKNIWM. Retrieved 20 October 201222nd Cheshire Regiment MemorialChester CheshireIn Chester Cathedral's Garden of Remembrance is a memorial to the 22nd Cheshire Regiment. The gates at the entrance to the garden carry an inscription in gold lettering and there are regimental crests carved on each face of the plinth and also on the stone gate posts, all the work of Tyson Smith. The inscription reads "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"The Cheshire Yeomanry Tablet WW2Chester CheshireIn Chester Cathedral itself there is a tablet which marks the service of The Cheshire Yeomanry in the Second World War. There are three stone tablets, and the central one is inscribed "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" The left and righthand tablets have the names of those who died listed on them. 52 names are listed.The Cheshire Yeomanry Tablet WW2 UKNIWM. Retrieved 20 October 2012Memorial to Wion de Malpas Egerton.Chester CheshireAlso in Chester Cathedral, and on the west wall of the south transept, we have a white marble memorial plaque which reads "In proud memory of/Wion de Malpas Egerton/DSO RN (Retired)/who gave his life for his Country/in the Battle of the Atlantic while/serving as Commodore of Convoys/Born 16 April 1879 Died 1st January 1943" The rectangular white marble tablet has the above inscription in black lettering and also has the Royal Navy crest and the Egerton family crest (a Red Lion Rampant) to the left of the text. The wording in the third line is flanked by the flags of the Royal Navy.Memorial to Wion de Malpas Egerton UKNIWM. Retrieved 20 October 2012de Malpas Egerton Website of St Peter's Church in Little Budworth Cheshire with photograph of de Malpas Egerton memorial.Retrieved 21 October 2012Liverpool CenotaphLiverpool MerseysideThis Cenotaph stands in front of St George's Hall on Lime Street, and Tyson Smith's reliefs arguably make this memorial one of the finest of the many such memorials in England. It was unveiled on 11 November 1930 and features on one side a relief representing those who mourn for the dead, and on the other side the servicemen marching off to fight. The inscription on the east face, which represents Liverpool on Armistice Day, reads "To the men of Liverpool who fell in the Great War, and the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people". In Tyson Smith’s relief the survivors, consumed with grief, file towards a central coffin and if we look carefully we see in the background to these figures, row upon row of gravestones; a depiction of a Great War cemetery. On the west face the relief depicts "The March to Action of the Fighting Services" and we see a representation of the relentless march to war of grim-faced servicemen, so many of whom were lost in the First World War. The words read "As unknown and yet well known; As dying, and behold we live/Out of the North Parts....A Great Company and a Mighty Army". The memorial was designed by Professor Lionel B.Budden and Morris Singer & Co were responsible for the bronze casting.Liverpool Cenotaph UKNIWM. Retrieved 20 October 2012The Parish Church of Arrochar- Memorial to Captain MacGunn.Arrochar StrathclydeAgain Budden and Tyson Smith worked together to create a simple memorial which comprises the badge of The Cameron Highlanders and the inscription "In memory of/Francis John MacGunn/BA BLitt Oxon/Lecturer in History/ in the University of/Glasgow Captain 6th/Battn The Queen's Own/Cameron Highlanders/who fell in the Battle/of Loos September the/26th 1915 Aged 27 Years/I will lift up mine eyes/Unto the hills"The Parish Church of Arrochar- Memorial Captain MacGunn UKNIWM. Retrieved 20 October 2012Birkenhead War MemorialBirkenhead. MerseysideThis War Memorial is dedicated to the "Men of Birkenhead". The memorial stands in Hamilton Square and was unveiled on 5 July 1925. The memorial comprises a cenotaph with a moulded base, with frieze and name panels on the longer sides and reliefs at the short ends, all surmounted by a sarcophagus. Reliefs depict mourning female figures with a "Next of Kin Plaque" and laurel wreaths and a palm branch.