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Memorial details

Memorial type
Chapel or Church: Restoration or extension
District
Meirionnydd
Town
Tywyn
County
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
13366

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Current location

St. Cadfans Church
High Street
Tywyn
Meirionnydd
Gwynedd
LL36 9DS
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SH 58810 00942
Denomination: Church in Wales

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Description
Porch with 8 marble tablets with black lead lettering for WW1 and one granite tablet with plain cut lettering for WW2.
Inscription
PORCH LEFT HAND SIDE Tablet one: "THIS PORCH WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS / AS A THANKOFFERING TO ALMIGHTY GOD FOR / THE VICTORIOUS PEACE VOUCHSAFED TO / GREAT BRITAIN AND HER ALLIES AT THE TERMINATION OF THE GREAT WAR / AD 1914 - 1919 Tablet two: : A TESTIMONY TO THE READY RESPONSE MADE / FROM THIS PARISH ON THE FIRST DAY OF / HOSTILITIES BY 71 MEMBERS OF THE TERRITORIAL / FORCE, TO THE ENLISTMENT DURING THE WAR / OF 251 MEN AND TO THE ENROLMENT OF 20 / WOMEN IN THE SERVICE OF H M KING GEORGE V Tablet three: AND A MEMORIAL BEARING THE NAMES OF 30 SOLDIERS AND A NURSING SISTER / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE HONOUR / OF THE EMPIRE AND LIBERTIES OF / THE WORLD Tablet four: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS" S. JOHN XV. 13 / "LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN... / THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE / BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE" ECCLESUS XLIV 1 AND 14 WW2 Tablet: ALSO IN MEMORY OF / THOSE FROM THIS PARISH / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR / LIVES IN THE SECOND / WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES) / MUR OEDDYNT HWY I NI / NOS A DYD / THEY WERE A WALL UNTO / US BOTH BY NIGHT & DAY Porch right hand side. Tablet one: KILLED IN ACTION / (names) Tablet two: KILLED IN ACTION / (names) Tablet three: DIED OF WOUNDS / (names) Tablet four: DIED / (names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Beckinsale, John E
Challoner, Thomas, William
Davies, Charles C
Davies, David, Lewis
Davies, Edward Owen
Davies, Evan M
Davies, James E
Davies, Lewis
Davies, William, Thomas, Patrick
Edwards, David, Anderson
See details for all 49 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 18
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 18
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename
    Order of information: surname
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 31
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 31
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, surname, date of death,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Second World War memorial
    Measurements: height C 4FT 6IN, width C 2FT 6IN
    Materials: Granite
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: height C 2FT, width C 1FT
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Porch
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Unknown
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Reference

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