Memorial

Hawarden

Source: Copyright Flintshire War Memorials

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Current Location

Road junction of Gladstone Way and the Highway, Gladstone Way, Hawarden, Alyn And Deeside, Clwyd, CH5 3DG, Wales

SJ 31456 65811

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Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 7183
Description: Large obelisk with gabled apex. Beneath this is an ogee-headed moulded niche with crocketed finial and flanking decorative pilasters. Inside is a Sculpted figure of Christ on the Cross. Moulded base and low, coped walls in front of monument, the rear wall of which, flanking the obelisk, bears the names of those commemorated on panels. Elevated roadside site reached by 8 steps.
Inscription: On obelisk: TO THE PRAISE OF GOD / AND THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN / OF THE PARISH OF HAWARDEN / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE CAUSE/ OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND FREEDOM / A.D. 1914 - 1919 / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE On base of obelisk: THIS MEMORIAL / HAS BEEN ERECTED BY / SUBSCRIBERS IN THE PARISH / OF HAWARDEN AND COMMITTED / BY THEM TO THE CUSTODY OF / THE PARISH COUNCIL, TO BE / PRESERVED INVIOLATE IN / PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE / OF THE DEAD WHOSE NAMES / ARE RECORDED THEREON. / IT WAS UNVEILED BY / HENRY N. GLADSTONE ESQ / LORD LIEUTENENT (sic) OF FLINT / SHIRE ON SUNDAY / NOVEMBER 11TH 1920 / GILBERT G SCOTT ARA ARCHITECT / (Names) On Wall Panels: (Names)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 231
Died: 231
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of names: Alphabetically
Additional Information: 9 names reported to be added in 2018 (registered but not added to the above total)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 105
Died: 105
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of names: Alphabetically
Additional Information: Inscribed on the stone of the memorial, above the plaques with names, are 9 additional names (not added to the above total)