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Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Wrexham
Town
Whitewell
County
Clwyd
Country
Wales
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
38249

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Current location

OPPOSITE ENTRANCE TO ISCOYD PARK
Whitewell
Wrexham
Clwyd
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SJ 503 419
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
WHEEL CROSS OF STONE WITH TAPERING SHAFT SURMOUNTING SQUARE -SET PEDESTAL. PEDESTAL BEARS NAMES AND INSCRIPTION. THREE-STEPPED BASE. CELTIC-STYLE CARVING ON HEAD OF CROSS.
Inscription
TRUE LOVE BY LIFE,/ TRUE LOVE BY DEATH, / IS TRIED;/ LIVETHOU FOR ENGLAND,/ WE FOR ENGLAND DIED SONS OF THIS PLACE LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919 (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAME)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Duckers, Joseph
Glover, Kenneth Houghton
Godsal, Alfred Edmund
Godsal, Walter Hugh
Jones, Harold
Lee, Philip Warburton
Mellor, Thomas
See details for all 7 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 7
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 7
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: regiment,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 2
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: regiment,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: depth 600MM, height C 4000MM, width 750MM
    Materials: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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