Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Glyndwr
- Town
- Chirk
- County
- Clwyd
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 49865
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Current location
St Mary's Church
Trevor Road
Chirk
Glyndwr
Clwyd
LL14 5HX
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SJ 29136 37637
Denomination: Church in Wales
- Description
- Untitled brown leather bound book with tooled decoration within which the Dedication and names are written in calligraphy on vellum pages. Names are in red, Regiments in black. The book is accompanied by a sandstone tablet placed in the wall above the table on which the book sits on a blue cushion, bearing an incised inscription.
- Inscription
- Within the book: THE NAMES/ OF THE MEN/ FROM THE PARISH/ OF CHIRK WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE TWO WORLD WARS/ OF 1914-1918 AND/ 1939-1945/ (Names) On the accompanying tablet: To the Memory of the Men/ of the Parish of Chirk who/ Gave their Lives in the/ Wars of 1914-18 & 1939-45
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Amsley, Joseph
Bailey, Charles
Bailey, Henry
Bames, George
Beckegg, Jillard
Burgoyne, George
Corke, Samuel P
Davies, Arghik
Davies, Isaac
Davies, Roberts E
See details for all 46 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, unit
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 68
Served and returned: 0
Died: 68
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, unit
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone - Book
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Tablet
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- The Parochial Church Council
- Reference
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