The PARISH war memorial
The war Memorial was erected in the Church grounds near the road after the First World War, and it was dedicated and unveiled by the VenerableI w. H. Fletcher, Archdeacon of Wrexham, on October 23rd, 1919. The height of the cross is 19 feet six inches and it is made of Derbyshire stone.
world war 1, 1914 -1918
Leslie Barry Roberts,
William Becket:,
John William Crump,
Herbert Hallmark,
Ernest George Harper,
John Ernest Kelsall,
Walter Langford,
Walter Maddox,
Joseph Henry smith
Edwin Speakman.
FREDERICK LESLIE BARRY-ROBERTS
WILLIAM BECKETT
Born at Whitchurch, the son of Phillip Beckett of Bradenheath, Bettisfield. Living at Chirk when he enlisted at Oswestry as Private 21205 in the 6th King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Transferred to the 7th KSLI, and was killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 26 September 1917, aged 20. Served for 1 year 4 months. Body never recovered, so officially commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the missing, Passchendaele. Awarded the British War and Victory Medals.
JOHN WILLIAM CRUMP
Born at Welshampton, Shropshire and lived at Bradenheath, Bettisfield. Enlisted at Ellesmere, Shropshire as Private 203562 in the 4th King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Transferred to the 2/6th Royal Warwickshire Regiment as Private 260163, and was killed in action in France on 24 September 1917. Served for 2 years 9 months. Buried at Brown’s Copse Cemetery near Arras, France. Awarded the British War and Victory Medals.