Hawarden Boer War

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Cross
District: Alyn And Deeside
Town: Hawarden
County: Clwyd
Country: Wales
Commemoration: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 13451

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Current location

ST DEINIOL'S CHURCH
Church Lane
Hawarden
Alyn And Deeside
Clwyd
CH5 3LT
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SJ 31555 65927
Denomination: Church in Wales

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Description

Five step hexagonal base surmounted by tapering stone cross.

Inscription

AROUND THE BASE: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY THIS CROSS IS ERECTED BY MANY FRIENDS ON THE FLAT OF THE TOP STEP: MAY THEIR SOULS REST IN PEACE AROUND THE TOP STEP: (NAMES)

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,age of death
Order of information: rank,forename,regiment,age of death,place of death,year died

Components

Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone

Condition

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History

Cleaned in 2008

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Public

Responsibility

Parish

Reference

Hawarden Parish Magazine, c.1900/1901 "Hawarden - a Portrait in Old Picture Postcards" - by K. Goulborn, R&P Welch. S >b. Publications 1989 ISBN 1 870708 28.8. Pages 31&32

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