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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Rhuddlan
Town
Pontbyddyn
County
Clwyd
Country
Wales
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
64630

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Current location

Lych Gate
Christ Church Parish Church
Pontbyddyn
Rhuddlan
Clwyd
CH7 4HG
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SJ 273 612
Denomination: Church in Wales

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Description
WW1 Rectangular Plaque with dedicatory inscription WW2 Nowy headed plaque with dedicatory inscription. At left and right of inscription, flaming torches. The names are enclosed by a raised border edging. Both plaques are set within the church lych gate.
Inscription
Plaque 1: IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM/ THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918./ (Names)/ "MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED WITH THY SAINTS/ IN GLORY EVERLASTING! Plaque 2: 1939-1945/ TO THE HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LVIES FOR/ HUMANITY IN THE WORLD WAR/ (Names)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Connah, Cyril
Entwistle, John
Evans, Horace
Evans, Thomas
Fallows, Bennett
Foster, John
Garston, Kenneth
Griffiths, Thomas
Hughes, John James
Hughes, Thomas John
See details for all 27 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 20
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 20
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname,forename
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 7
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 7
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Plaques / Panels with names
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Unknown
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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