Dedication of Buckley Garden of Remembrance"

Hawkesbury Garden, Mill Lane, Buckley

9 September 1951

Note: 996,230 military personnel were killed during WWI

DOCUMENT TEXT

DEDICATION OF BUCKLEY GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE

AT HAWKESBURY, BUCKLEY

ON 9TH SEPTEMBER 1951 AT 3 P.M.

The Garden will commemorate those who fell in the Great Wars 1914 - 1918 and 1939 - 1945.

The Right Hon. Lord Kenyon, D,L., J.P., will unveil the Cenotaph in the Garden of Remembrance.

The Service of Dedication will be conducted by the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph.

Salute will be taken by Brig. H.S.K. Mainwaring, C.B., .B.E., D.S.O., J.P., Lord Lieut. of Flintshire.

The Band of the 4th Bn. The Royal Welch Fusiliers (T.A.) (by kind permission of Lieut.-Colonel L.H. Yates) will be in attendance.

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend"

THE ORDER OF SERVICE:

God save the King

Hen Wlad fy Nhadau

Lesson: Gospel of Saint John, Chapter 10, verses 11 to 18

and Chapter 15, verses 11 to 13, read by the Reverend A E Newman

Prayers: For the British Empire

For those who have suffered through war

For peace

Hymn: Before the Almighty Father's throne

Unveiling of the cenotaph by The Right Honorable Lord Kenyon, D.L., J.P.

Dedication of the Garden of Remembrance

Last Post and Reveille sounded by the Buglers of the Band of the 4th Battalion

Royal Welch Fusiliers

Memorial of the Fallen

Hymn: O Valiant hearts, who to your glory came.

Address

Hymn: Once to every man and nation

The Blessing

Author: Anon