Message from Councillor Thomas Tudor: Withybush Hospital Remembrance

It was an honour and privilege to attend the Withybush General Hospital Service of Remembrance at the hospital’s WW1 War Memorial.

The memorial was part of the County War Memorial Hospital, and when money was raised to establish the County Hospital, the money left over was put towards the work to erect the memorial in Salutation Square.

Made of ceramic, this memorial does not record the names of all those from the district killed during World War One  and that’s due to the difficulty in compiling accurate lists in the few years after the war, and the then intention of having other ceramic plaques in different parts of the town.

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.”