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    Memorial

    Gwernaffield

    Names

    Source: Copyright John Hendry

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    Current Location

    At the cross roads in the village, Holy Trinity Church, Church Lane, Gwernaffield, Delyn, Clwyd, CH7 5DB, Wales

    OS Grid Reference

    SJ 20670 64484

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    17769
    Description
    ROUGH HEWN STONE CROSS SURMOUNTS ROUNDED PLINTH. PLINTH BEARS INSCRIPTION AND NAMES IN RELIEF. The names include Lieut.-Col. Basil Edwin Philips, J.P., D.L., commanding officer of the 1/5th Batt. Royal Welsh Fusilier.
    Inscription
    SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ WHO, IN THE MIGHTY STRUGGLE OF THE AGES,/ 1914-1918/ FOR US, FOR THEIR COUNTRY, FOR THE WORLD,/ WITH LOFTIEST COURAGE, IN GLORIOUS DEATH/ WENT HENCE INTO LIVE EVERLASTING/ ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW PARISHIONERS/ (Name)/ 1940
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    9
    Died
    9
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    surname,rank,year died,forename

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


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    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    278628

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    Flintshire County Herald - Friday 18 February 1921 Page 8 GWERNAFFIELD WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED BY COLONEL T. H. PARRY, M.P. (List of names) ---