Henry Weale was born here, in Shotton, on the 2nd of October 1897. He even worked at John Summers Steelworks.
At the time of earning his Victoria Cross, he was a Lance-Corporal of the Royal Welch Fusiliers. At just 21 years old, his act of bravery resulted in him being awarded the highest and most prestigious honour that a member of the British military can receive.
On August the 26th, in 1918, Henry Weale was ordered to attack hostile machine gun posts that were preventing another allied battalion from advancing. Despite the pressure, and failure of his Lewis gun, he was still able to rush at the machine gun crew and kill them. The soldiers manning the other machine gun posts fled when he continued his charge towards them. It was because of Lance-Corporal Weale that allies were able to seize command of the machine gun posts and allow the other battalion to safely advance.