War Memorial St Clears

This memorial commemorates the residents of St Clears who were killed or missing in World War I (25 names) and World War II (7 names).

Many of these memorials were erected after the First World War. After the Second World War, the names of those who died in that war were also added to the memorial.

This memorial next to the war memorial commemorates the evacuation of 168 schoolchildren and 24 adults from London to St Clears during World War II.

Text on the memorial:
WORLD WAR II EVACUATION

TO THE KIND PEOPLE OF ST CLEARS,
WHO ON THE 23RD JUNE 1940, WELCOMED
INTO THEIR HOMES AND LOVINGLY CARED
FOR 168 LONDON SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH
24 TEACHERS AND HELPERS RE-EVACUATED
FROM SUSSEX AND BELONGING MAINLY TO
ALBION STREET SCHOOL, ROTHERHITHE,
AN AREA DEVASTED BY BOMBING IN
THE LONDON DOCKLANDS.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Humphrey Bolton