Ruthin War Memorial

Wales Denbighshire   Ruthin War Memorial

The Ruthin War Memorial commemorates those local people who died in World War I and World War II. The memorial, in Wynnstay Road in the centre of the town, takes the form of a high standing Celtic Cross of grey granite, backed by a wall of local red sandstone, enclosed by low iron chains and iron gates.

Ruthin (Welsh: Rhuthun) is a community, and the county town, of Denbighshire in Wales and is located around a hill in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd. The ancient parish of Ruthin contained the two townships of Cae'r Fallen and Tre'r Castell. Between 1974 and 1996 the area was part of the county of Clwyd.

1914-1918
Others whose names do not appear on the memorial:

1939-1945
Sources:


 * 1891 - 1911 Censuses
 * Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM)
 * Commonwealth War Graves Commission
 * Daily Post: Honour at last for the forgotten heroes of World War I
 * Imperial War Museum
 * BBC: Ruthin and the First World War
 * Ruthin and the Great War