Charity helps restore military personnel graves in Wrexham

The graves of military personnel in Wrexham have been restored thanks to the efforts of the Victoria Cross Trust.

The charity dedicates its time to maintaining the memorials of Victoria Cross recipients and military personnel.

It first visited Wrexham in 2023 where the team restored the grave of Percy Whelton MC.

During its most recent visit the charity cleaned a small memorial belonging to David Lord VC which is adjacent to the Royal Welch Fusiliers memorial.

As part of the planning they added the RWF memorial alongside a restoration of Major Guy Egon Rene de Miremont DSO MC and Brigadier General Robert Henry William Dunn also of the RWF.

Both of these memorials are in Wrexham cemetery close to Percy Whelton MC.

Upon arrival they also identified two further military memorials associated with the RWF in the cemetery and with the permission of the cemetery team cleaned those as well.

In total the team cleaned:

• David Lord VC memorial
• Major Guy Egon Rene de Miremont DSO MC
• Brigadier General Robert Henry William Dunn
• Quarter Master Sergeant JC Widenbar
• Corporal Thomas Bowman
• RWF Memroial
• D-Day Memorial
• Falklands War Memorial
• Burma Memorial
• Korean War memorial

En-route to Wrexham they also cleaned the grave of Ernest Egerton VC and the war memorial both at Forsbrook church in Blythe Bridge.

Cllr Beverly Parry Jones, Armed Forces Champion at Wrexham Council said: “I visited members of the charity on their most recent visit to Wrexham, to thank them on behalf of Wrexham for their work.

“A huge debt of gratitude is owed to our war heroes and organisations such as The Victoria Cross Trust who work tirelessly to keep their memory alive are invaluable in making sure that we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifices.”

The organisation uses specialist steam cleaning equipment to protect the stone (not chemicals or jet wash that could damage the memorials) and do not charge for any of their work.

However donations are always welcome via their JustGiving page available on their website.