St. Matthew’s Church
from the Flintshire County Herald, dated January 2, 1920.
BUCKLEY. CHURCH MEMORIAL TO THE FALLEN. A crowded congregation, which included all the members of the Urban Council, assembled on the occasion of the dedication of a mural tablet at St. Matthew’s Parish Church in memory of the local men who fell in the war. The tablet, which was covered with the Union Jack, was unveiled by Miss Davies-Cooke, of Mold. The Rev. G. Heaton (Vicar) read the dedicatory prayer, and the names of the fallen, inscribed upon the tablet, are as follows:—Thomas Antrobus, Fred Birks, V.C., Robert E. Birks, James Brown, John S. Catherall, Ralph Catherall, William J. Collins, Fred Davison, William Dolby, John C. Dunn, John Ellis, John W. Ellis, Samuel Ellis, Jesse Evans, Harry Fox, William C. C. Gladstone, Albert Griffiths, George A. Griffiths, George W. Hastings, William H. Hayes, William V. Hayes, Harry Jellicoe, Frank Hodgkinson, Thomas Iball, Arthur Jones, Herbert Jones, John H. Jones, Randal Jones, Samuel Jones, William Jones, Joseph Knight, Andrew Lewis, Leonard Lovelock, William E. Nickson, Stephen Price, William Roberts, Alfred Rogers, Herbert Rogers, Amos Smith, Reuben Stanley, Joseph Tomlinson, William Tomlinson, Emrys Whitley, and Wilfred Wilcock.
The Rev. F. S. M. Bennett (rector of Hawarden) delivered an address. During the service the hymns “There is a blessed home” and “Brief life is here our portion” were sung. The whole service was most impressive, and at its close Mr. Williams, the organist, played the “Dead March.” The offertory was for the Calvary to be erected by the Lych Gate in memory of the fallen.
Plaque inside the Church dedicated 28 December 1919
Photos courtesy Carol Shone
Antrobus, Thomas; Birks, Fred VC MM; Birks, Robert Edward; Brown, James; Catherall, John Samuel; Catherall, Ralph; Collins, William James; Davison, Frederick; Dolby, William Rosser; Dunn, John Cragg; Ellis, John; Ellis, John William; Ellis, Samuel; Evans, Jesse; Fox, Harry; Gladstone, William C; Griffiths, Albert; Griffiths, George Arthur; Hastings, George W.; Hayes, William Henry; Hodgkinson, Frank; Iball, Thomas; Jellicoe, Henry; Jones, Arthur; Jones, Herbert; Jones,John Henry; Jones, Randal; Jones, Samuel; Jones, William Daniel; Knight, Joseph; Lewis, Andrew; Lovelock, Leonard; Nickson, William Ernest; Price, Stephen; Roberts, William; Rogers, Alfred; Rogers, Herbert; Smith, Amos; Stanley, Reuben; Tomlinson, Joseph; Tomlinson, William; Whitley, Emrys; Wilcock, Wilfred.
Fred Birks Memorial at St. Matthew’s
Bistre Parish Church
Unveiled 17 April 1921
Bevan, George Ewart; Bickley, Robert; Blackburne, Charles Harold DSO; Brownbill, John; Burrows, William; Catherall, Edmund; Catherall, Edmund Godfrey; Catherall, Thomas; Catherall, William Cecil; Collins, William James; Connah, Alexander; Connah, James; Connah, John Thomas; Connah, Robert; Cox, William; Davies, Charles; Davies, Edwin; Davies, Robert; Davison, Frederick; Ellis, Arthur; Ellis, John; Ellis, John William; Evans, John; Evans, Joseph; Fox, Harry; Griffiths, Edward John; Hayes, William Victor; Hewitt, Thomas George; Hopwood, Albert Edwin; Hopwood, James; Hughes, Reginald Arthur; Hughes, Thomas Victor; Iball, Albert; Iball, Charles; Iball, George; Iball, James; Iball, Llywelyn; Jackson, Ephraim; Jones, Arthur; Jones, Herbert; Jones, Jabez Albert; Jones, William Thomas; Lewis, Joseph Edward; Millington, Arthur; Mole, William James; Molyneux, Edward Charles; Owen, William; Parry, John; Parry, Joseph; Parry, John Henry; Parry, John William; Richards, John; Roberts, Edward; Roberts, James; Roberts, John; Rowlands, Oliver; Rowson, Orlando; Shaw, Charles; Shone, Edward; Spencer, Herbert; Tatum, George; Warburton, John; Wilcock, John; Wilcock, William; Williams, John William; Williams, Thomas; Williams, William; Williams, William Henry; Williamson, Harry; Wood, James
Bistre WW2
St. John’s Congregational
From “A History of St. John’s Congregational Church” (courtesy Matthew Lovelock): at the close of the War, the Church decided to erect a War Memorial to those who had made the Supreme Sacrifice, and three exceedingly beautiful panels were placed in the pulpit with the inscription, “To the Memory of the Men of this Church who fell during the Great War, 1914 – 1919.”
Thomas Antrobus, Cecil Catherall, John Ellis, Samuel Ellis, Harry Fox, Edward John Griffiths, Ephraim Jackson, Andrew Lewis, G. H. Lewis, Stephen Price, William Roberts, Olive Rowlands, John Wilcock, Wilfred Wilcock, Harry Williamson.
The cost of the Memorial which was £135 was covered by subscriptions.”
After the Second World War, the names of the lost were added to the First World War list. 3 separate panels were added.
Gordon Taylor, Kenneth Price, Fred Shone, William Lewis.
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Bryn Methodist, Alltami
James Bewley, Joseph Edwards, Reuben Stanley, William Taylor.
Wesleyan Chapel, Buckley Square
Courtesy Carol Shone
Ephraim Jackson, Arthur Millington, Albert Spencer, James Wood
Bethel Welsh Methodist, Mold Road
Courtesy Carol Shone
Owen Jones, Albert Edwin Hopwood, William Thomas Jones, Glyn Roberts
Tabernacle Primitive Methodist
Courtesy Matthew Lovelock
ON THE ORGAN LHS
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his memorial was erected in grateful remembrance of Herbert Humphreys and Dennis Williams who at the call of King and Country left all that was near and dear to them and faced danger, endured hardship, and finally passed beyond the sight of men into the presence of God
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This organ was rebuilt and dedicated November 1995
ON THE ORGAN RHS
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To the Glory of God And in gratitude to those who served, Fought and fell in the Great War With the notable zealous help of young men This organ was erected by the members and friends of Wesleyan Church, Buckley. Square
4th April 1917
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The following made the supreme Sacrifice and to whose memory This tablet is erected
Ephraim Jackson, Albert Spencer, Arthur Millington, James Wood
ON THE WALL BY THE ENTRANCE DOOR
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To the Glory of God and in Memory of the young men of This church who made the Supreme sacrifice on the cause of Freedom and right in the Great War
1914 – 1919
Robert Bickley, William Cox, Charles Davies, Robert Davies, J Evans, Albert Iball, William Daniel Jones, Joseph Lewis, Amos Smith, Reuben Stanley, George Tatum, John William Williams, Thomas Williams
“Their name liveth for evermore”
Unveiled 30 October 1920
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The hearing aids in use in this church Were installed by the Sunday School And Congregation in grateful and proud Remembrance of the young men of the Church who sacrificed their lives in The Second World War 1939 – 1945
G. Croose, H.Edwards, E.Hewitt,T. Hill, E.M. Roberts, J. E. Wilcock
We will remember them
Unveiled 5th September 1954
Bistre Methodist, Spon Green
John T Connah, James Connah, Alexander Connah, William Evans, Wilfred Owens, John Parry, Joseph Parry, Samuel Peters, Edward Shone, William H Williams
1939/45:
Raymond Shone, Horace Griffiths, Jack Owens
The Bistre Methodist Chapel moved to Coronation Gardens (Carol Shone)
Drury Lane Methodist
Courtesy Matthew Lovelock
Joseph Tomlinson, William Tomlinson, Edward Davies, Edward Shone, Fred Davison