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Memorial details

Memorial type
Cenotaph
District
Dwyfor
Town
Llanbedrog
County
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
37089

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Description
STAINED GLASS WINDOW OF TWO MAIN LIGHTS WITH ADDITIONAL TRACERY LIGHTS ABOVE. INSCRIPTON AT BASE OF WINDOW IN BALCK LETTERING ON SCROLL-EFFECT. WW1 MARBLE TABLET SET INTO WINDOW SILL. BLACK AND RED LETTERING. LEFT LIGHT DEPICTS WOUNDED (KILLED?) SOLDIER WITH RIFLE BEING HELPED UP BY WINGED ANGEL. LANDSCAPE OF BARE TREES IN BACKGROUND AND GHOSTLY FIGURE OF CHRIST STANDS OVER SOLDIER AND ANGEL. RIGHT LIGHT DEPICTS WINGED ANGEL WITH ARM RAISED. DESTROYED BUILDING IN BACKGROUND. PLANTS, FLOWERS AND ROCKS IN FOREGROUND. ONE TRACERY LIGHT DEPICTS SHEILD WITH WELSH DRAGON.
Inscription
(ON WINDOW): THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED/ BY THE RECTOR TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD & LOVING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO/ MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ "DULCE ET DECORUM/ EST PRO PATRIA MORI" (ON STONE TABLET SET INTO WINDOW SILL): 1914 1918/ THEY WHOM THIS WINDOW COMMEMORATES WERE NUMBERED AMONG THOSE WHO AT THE/ CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDNESS, FACED/ DANGER, AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF-SACRIFICE,/ GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM. LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE/ TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN/ (NAMES)/ "CEIR ETO EU CWEL'D PAN WAWRIG'R DYDD,/ A'R GWRID YN AROS AR EU CRUDD."/ "MEWN ANGHOF NI CHANT FOD,/ GWYR Y GLEDD DEWR EU GLOD."/ "O, BYDD I CHWI DDIODDEF CHERWYDD CYFIAWNDER, DEDWYDD YDYCH"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Heighway, William
Jones, Griffith
Jones, Hughe
Jones, Robert
Lloyd, James
Manley, D H G
Morris, William J
Palmer, George S
Roberts, David
Sanders, James
See details for all 11 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 17
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 17
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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