Memorial

Bagillt

Overview of the memorial

Source: Copyright John Hendry

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Current Location

High Street, Bagillt, Delyn, Clwyd, CH6 6HQ, Wales

SJ 21783 75521

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 9046
Description: Figure of soldier in cap. Mourning pose, head bowed and rifle reversed, on square plinth and three stepped base. Behind this memorial is a tablet on a small wall with WW2 names.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face: ERECTED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR./ (Names)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."/ MAE'R HEN DELYNAU GENID GYNT/ YNGHROG AR GANGAU'R HELYG DRAW,/ A GWAEDD Y BECHGYN LOND Y GWYNT,/ A'U GWAED YN GYMYSG EFO'R GLAW./ HEDD WYN. 9 o'clock face: (Names) 12 o'clock face: (Names) On tablet at the rear: 1939 1945/ (Names)

Maintenance History: 1996: RIFLE WAS BROKEN OFF DUE TO VANDALISM AND DAMAGE REPAIRED 2001: RIFLE REPLACED AGAIN DUE TO VANDALS - SCULPTURED IN GREECE

Unveiled

11 November 1923

RELATIVES/FRIENDS OF THE FALLEN

Memorial

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Evening Leader - Monday 21 October 1996 - 'Madness of statue vandals' - Katie Helsby Evening Leader - Monday 11 November 1996 - Flintshire News - 'War Heroes Remembered' pg. 5. - Joanne Shone Evening Leader - Thursday 31 October 1996 - Flintshire News - 'Tycoon saves War Memorial' pg.5. Evening Leader - Thursday 31 October 1996 - 'Rifle repairs for memorial'.