Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Glyndwr
Town
Llangedwyn
County
Clwyd
Country
Wales
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
17788

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Current location

St Cedwyn's church
B4396
Llangedwyn
Glyndwr
Clwyd
SY10 9LD
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SJ 18823 24144
Denomination: Church in Wales

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Description
WALL-MOUNTED BRASS PLAQUE WITH ORNATE WOODEN SURROUND. WOODEN BORDER SURROUNDING PLAQUE IS VERY ORNATE. PITCHED AT TOP WITH GILT PAINTED CROSS. CURVED ARCH AT TOP OF BORDER BEARS INSCRIPTION IN WELSH. WITHIN CURVED ARCH IS GILT COLOURED LATTICE-EFFECT, AT THE CENTRE OF WHICH IS A RELIEF OF A DOVE CARRYING AN OLIVE BRANCH. BORDER EITHER SIDE OF PLAQUE IS CARVED RELIEF OF ROSES AND LEAVES. ROSES ARE GILT-PAINTED. AT TOP AND BASE OF SIDE RELIEFS AT BRASS RELIEFS OF ZODIAC SIGNS(?); TOP LEFT AND TOP RIGHT ARE RAMS, BOTTOM LEFT IS A CRAB AND BOTTOM RIGHT ARE SCALES. BASE BORDER BEARS A RELIEF OF FISH APPEARING FROM THE SEA.
Inscription
GWELL ANGEU NA CHYWILYDD/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY/ PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS AT/ LLANGEDWYN/ IN LOVING & GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF OUR BRAVE MEN WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18/ (NAMES)/ KILLED IN NORTHERN IRELAND/ (NAME)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Davies, E E
Davies, Evan
Davies, John
Davies, William
Edwards, J H
Hughes, Edward
Jones, E Pryce
Lloyd, W T
Morris, Job
Phillips, E A
See details for all 12 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 12
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 12
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
    Order of information: rank
  • Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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