Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Alyn And Deeside
Town
Hawarden
County
Clwyd
Country
Wales
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902), Second World War (1939-1945)
Maker
Mr Jim Davies. (Calligrapher)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
7118

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Current location

St Deiniol's Church
Rectory Lane
Hawarden
Alyn And Deeside
Clwyd
CH5 3NN
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SJ 31552 65921
Denomination: Church in Wales

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Description
Bound Book of Remembrance with hand-written inscription and names on antique vellum. Vellum leaves date to 1777. Book chained to wall-mounted stone stand (see our ref. no. 63790).
Inscription
Front cover: 1901/ 1939-1945 Frontispiece:O LAMB of GOD/ IN WHOSE BLESSED BOOK/ OF LIVE ALL THEIR NAMES/ ARE WRITTEN/ GIVE ETERNAL REST/ TO THE SOULS OF THEY/ SERVANTS DEPARTED/ " LORD ALL PITYING JESU BLEST/ GRANT THEM THINE ERTENAL REST"/ THE BOOK OF THE NAMES OF THE MEN OF HAWARDEN/ PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ WAR 1399-1945 PAX/ (NAMES)/ THE BOOK OF THE NAMES OF THE MEN/ OF HAWARDEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1901 PAX (NAMES) Internal page: The Book of/ THE NAMES/ OF/ MEN of HAWARDEN/ PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN/ THE WAR/ 1939-1945/ PAX/ (Names)/ THE BOOK/ OF THE NAMES/ OF/ THE MEN OF/ HAWARDEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ SOUTH AFRICAN/ WAR 1901/ PAX/ (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 7
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 7
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: forename,surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 111
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 111
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname,forename
Components
  • Book
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Vellum
Condition
History
1962: Church building listed as grade II* with Cadw.
Costs

Comments: A balance held by the Welcome Home Committee covered the cost of erecting this memorial. The vellum leaves were donated for the purpose.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Other
Reference

This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.

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