Memorial

Connahs Quay and Shotton

Source: Copyright Flintshire War Memorials

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Current Location

High Street, Connahs Quay, Alyn And Deeside, Clwyd, CH5 1BZ, Wales

SJ 30323 69075

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Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 7116
Description: Square stone pillar on a stepped base with a cross above a stepped cornice
Inscription: FLANDERS, MACEDONIA/ GALLIPOLI, PALESTINE/ MESOPOTAMIA AND THE HIGH SEAS./ TO KEEP IN MEMORY/ THE MEN WHO GAVE/ UP THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR, AND AS/ A THANK- OFFERING/ FOR THOSE WHO, BY/ GOD'S GRACE/ SURVIVED ITS PERILS./ THIS MEMORIAL IS/ RAISED BY THE PEOPLE/ OF CONNAH'S QUAY/ AND SHOTTON/ 1914-1918/ FOR GOD/ AND KING/ AND COUNTRY/ THOSE WHOSE NAMES/ ARE WRIT ON THIS/ MEMORIAL, IN THIER/ COUNTRY'S HOUR OF/ NEED GAVE UP ALL,/ TROD THE PATH OF/ DUTY, AND PASSED OUT/ OF THE SIGHT OF MEN./ THEIR GRAVES ARE/ FAR AND WIDE/ BUT THEIR MEMORY/ ABIDES IN OUR HEARTS./ "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE/ BLOTTED OUT/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR;/ EVERMORE"/ TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE DI8ED IN/ THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY S8INCE 1945/ (NAMES) "IS IT NOTHING TO YOU ALL YE THAT PASS BY" (NAMES) 1939+1945/ (NAMES)/ WHAT STANDS IF FREEFDOM FALL?/ WHO DIED IF ENGLAND LIVE?/ RUDYARD KIPLING Tablet: WW1 1914 - 1918 (23 names) Plaque: TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY SINCE 1945 /(SIX NAMES) Plaque: (ONE NAME) 2007 iRAQ