Ruabon War Memorial

Wales Denbighshire  Ruabon War Memorial

The village of Ruabon (Welsh: Rhiwabon) lies in a former heavily industrialised area in the County Borough of Wrexham in Wales. It was previously in the historic county of Denbighshire.

The war memorial is the lychgate at the entrance to the parish church of St Mary's. The memorial was designed by the Wrexham architect, T. H. Hogg. It was built of local Cefn stone and Wynnstay oak. Marble slabs are inscribed with the names of the war dead. The gate was dedicated on 31 October 1920.

The two 'local' regiments were the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.

1914-1918 War
Not on memorial but buried at Ruabon:

1939-1945 War
St Mary's Parish Church contains a private memorial:

TO THE MEMORY OF

PHILIP RODBER MURLESS, SERG. MAJOR

OF THE 89TH COY. OF IMPERIAL YEOMANRY,

A LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF THIS PARISH,

AN EX-CHURCHWARDEN; WHO DIED OF "ENTERIC

FEVER" IN KLERSDORP HOSPITAL, TRANSVAAL,

SOUTH AFRICA, ON MAY 4TH 1902.

THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED BY PARISHIONERS & FRIENDS

AS A MARK OF THE ESTEEM IN WHICH HE WAS HELD

BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.

BY HIS UNTIMELY DEATH AT THE AGE OF 36 YEARS,

THE PARISH HAS SUFFERED A LOSS BUT THE SACRIFICE

HE MADE IN VOLUNTEERING TO FIGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY

WILL EVER ACT AS AN INCENTIVE TO DUTY

BY THOSE WHO FOLLOW AFTER.

There were two further memorials at Ruabon Boys' Grammar School.

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE OLD BOYS in memory of their schoolfellows SERGT. MAJOR ALFRED JACKSON, 88TH BATT. MONTGOMERYSHIRE REGIMENT SERGT. MAJOR PHILIP MURLESS, 89TH BATT. MONTGOMERYSHIRE REGIMENT TROOOER FRED C TAYLOR, 7TH BATT. DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT ALL OF THE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY who lost their lives in the South African War, 1899-1902 July 1903. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

To the memory of Engineer Captain Charles G. Taylor R.N. an old of this school, second son of the late Rev. A. L. Taylor M.A. Headmaster 1856-1903. He was killed on H.M.S. Tiger in the action fought in the North Sea January 24, 1915 This tablet is erected by his old School fellows as a mark of their affec- tion and admiration.

Sources:
 * Ruabon War Memorial
 * "Our Absent Friends", St Mary's Parish Church, Ruabon
 * Commonwealth War Graves Commission
 * 1901 Census