Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Dwyfor
Town
Porthmadog
County
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 25th March 1922
    Attended by: Rev J J Evans BA
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
24485

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Current location

Top of Bryn Coffa (Memorial Hill) near entrance to Ysgol Eifionydd
High Street
Porthmadog
Dwyfor
Gwynedd
LL49 9HT
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SH 56669 39265
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Tall rough-hewn Celtic wheel style cross on square plinth with inset name panels, set on top of Bryn Coffa (Memorial Hill), also known as Ynys Galch. The surrounding garden is entered through an archway with "Bryn Coffa" inscribed on it, and the path that climbs to the memorial is marked at 10 foot intervals by marker stones bearing the dates of the World Wars. WW2 names on four free-standing plinths marking the corners of the paved area in which the Memorial stands.
Inscription
Entrance gateway: BRYN COFFA (Memorial Hill)/ 1914-1918 1939-1945/ WW1 Memorial - 12 o'clock face: BOED COF BYTH/ AM EU DEWRWAITH DRUD,/ DROS RYDDID BRO, DROS WAREIDDIAD BYD (Let the memory be everlasting of their costly brave work, For the freedom of neighbourhood, the civilisation of the world.) / EIFION WYN./1914 "THERE ARE NO DEAD" 1918/ (Names)/ 6 o'clock face: (Names)/ WW2 Plinths: ER COF (In memory of)/ 1939 - 1945/ LLYNGES FRENHINOL (Royal Navy)/ (Names)/; 1939-1945/ Y FYDDIN (Army)/ (Names)/; 1939 - 1945/ LLU AWYR (Air Force)/ (Names)/; 1939 - 1945/ LLYNGES FASNACH (Merchant Navy)/ (Names)/ Additional inscription: IN MEMORY OF NINETY-SEVEN FALLEN WAR HEROES OF MADOC VALE (Exact location and line spacing unknown)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Anthony, Frank
Ashton, James
Berndtson, Albert
Biddlestone, Albert
Blockley, Richard Barry
Cartwright, Samuel
Casson, Randal Alexander
Coffin, Albert Glyn
Coffin, Ronald Idris
Davies, Ernest Arthur
See details for all 156 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 59
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 59
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Service, surname, rank, regiment, forename
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 97
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 97
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, rank, regiment, forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: height 7014mm
    Materials: Granite
Condition
History
PLAQUES OXIDISED BUT LEGIBLE
Costs

Memorial: Land donated by Mr W Morris Jones

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Reference

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