Hawarden War Memorial

Wales Flintshire  Hawarden War Memorial

Hawarden (Welsh: Penarlâg) is a village and community in Flintshire, Wales. The ancient parishes of Hawarden originally comprised the sixteen townships of Aston, Bannel, Bretton, Broughton, Ewloe Town, Ewloe Wood, Hawarden, Mancot, Manor, Moor, Pentrobin, Rake, Saltney, Sealand and Shotton.

The memorial was designed by Gilbert G Scott and unveiled in a ceremony on 14 November 1920. It takes the form of a high stone obelisk, with a crucifix in a recess at the top. In the wall behind the obelisk are ten stone tablets commemorating those who died in World War I, while in front are four stone tablets commemorating those who died in World War II. It stands at the junction of Gladstone Way and The Highway. TO THE PRAISE OF GOD AND THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE PARISH OF HAWARDEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE CAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND FREEDOM