What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Robert Saint 1905-1950. In this house lived Robert Saint. Miner and bandsman who in 1936 wrote the musical score 'Gresford'- The Miners Hymn to commemorate the 266 men and boys who lost their lives in the mining disaster of 22nd September 1934 in Gresford, Wales.
Why this person mattered
Robert Saint was a miner and bandsman remembered for composing 'Gresford'—The Miners Hymn—in 1936 to honor the 266 victims of the devastating Gresford mining disaster of 1934.
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