Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Wrexham
Town
Iscoyd
County
Clwyd
Country
Wales
Commemoration
VC or GC Recipients, Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
49864

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Current location

Near the entrance to Iscoyd Hall on west side of the road. Easily missed.
Higher Wych Road
Iscoyd
Wrexham
Clwyd
SY13 3AG
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SJ 50372 42117
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
STONE WHEEL CROSS WITH TAPERING SHAFT SET ON SQUARE-SET PLINTH. INSCRIPTION AND NAMES CARVED ON FOUR SIDES OF PLINTH. WHOLE SET ON THREE-STEPPED BASE. CELTIC-STYLE CARVING ON HEAD OF CROSS
Inscription
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 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. TRUE LOVE BY LIFE,/ TRUE LOVE BY DEATH,/ IS TRIED;/ LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND,/ WE FOR ENGLAND DIED. (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Duckers, Joseph
Glover, Kenneth Houghton
Godsal, Alfred Edmund
Godsal, Walter Hugh
Jones, Harold
Mellor, Thomas
Warburton-lee, Bernard A
Warburton-lee, Philip
Wynne, Arthur
See details for all 9 names
Commemorations
  • VC or GC Recipients
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: regiment,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: forename,decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 7
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 7
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: regiment,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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