Memorial

St Marys Chirk Book Of Remembrance

The Book of Remembrance

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Current Location

St Mary's Church, Trevor Road, Chirk, Glyndwr, Clwyd, LL14 5HX, Wales

OS Grid Reference

SJ 29136 37637

Denomination

Church in Wales

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 49865
Description: Untitled brown leather bound book with tooled decoration within which the Dedication and names are written in calligraphy on vellum pages. Names are in red, Regiments in black. The book is accompanied by a sandstone tablet placed in the wall above the table on which the book sits on a blue cushion, bearing an incised inscription.
Inscription: Within the book: THE NAMES/ OF THE MEN/ FROM THE PARISH/ OF CHIRK WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE TWO WORLD WARS/ OF 1914-1918 AND/ 1939-1945/ (Names) On the accompanying tablet: To the Memory of the Men/ of the Parish of Chirk who/ Gave their Lives in the/ Wars of 1914-18 & 1939-45

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 68
Died: 68
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, unit
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 20
Died: 20
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, unit
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname

History

Maker(s): Evelyn E Hardwick, Calligrapher

Conservation

Custodian: The Parochial Church Council

Components

Book

Made from: Paper

Condition: Good

Tablet

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good

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St Marys Chirk Book Of Remembrance

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St Marys Chirk Book Of Remembrance

Current Location

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Conservation

Components

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