Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
War Memorial
Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 26 August 2005
- Locality
- Connah's Quay
- Town
- Connah's Quay
- Community
- Connah's Quay
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.21411, -3.04487
- Cadw reference
- 85266
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Location
Set back from the road in a paved area, adjacent to the Wepre Bridge.
History
War memorial built in 1924 by Edward Jones of Connah's Quay. A public appeal raised £727, the overall cost £879. The memorial is unusual in a Welsh context for its reference only to England: 'What stands if freedom fall, Who Dies if England Live'. These are the words of a poem by Rudyard Kipling, but they reflect a wider loyalty to the British Empire. The memorial commemorates those who died in places as far afield as Korea, Cyprus and the Falklands.
Exterior
Constructed of reinforced concrete. Slightly tapering square-section pier on a square base which rests on a 3-tier plinth. The pier has a capstone, heavily moulded to underside, which is surmounted by a cross. The cross is made of the same material, octagonal in cross-section, and has a bulbous base on a small irregular 3-tier plinth, the central tier decorated with a wreath. The faces of the main pier have raised panels attached to which are bronze plaques, those to E and W bearing the names of those who died. The S plaque reads '1914-18, for God, for King, for Country …Their graves are far and wide, but their memory abides in our hearts'. The N plaque lists those who died in 'Flanders, Macedonia, Gallipoli, Palestine, Mesopotamia and the High Seas'. It states that the memorial was raised by the people of Connah's Quay and Shotton. The base on the N side bears a wreath flanked by 1914 and 1918. An inscription on the E and W sides is taken from a poem by Rudyard Kipling: 'What stands if freedom fall? Who dies if England live?'. The S side of the base has a bronze plaque listing those who have died in action since 1945. Attached to the lower 2 tiers of the plinth are low iron railings with circle decoration, except to N front where an angled block records those who died in World War II (1939-45). Above, on the plinth, is an inscription 'Is it nothing to you all, ye that pass by'.
Reason for designation
Listed for its social-historic interest as a fine war memorial in a prominent location.
Nearby in the register
- Former Police Station, including forecourt wall, gates & railingsNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Forecourt walls, gates and railings, Shotton Infants SchoolNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Shotton Infants SchoolNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- The Clwyd PHCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.