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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Arfon
- Town
- Caernarfon (Caernarvon)
- County
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 19 September 1921
Attended by: Major General STANLEY F MOTT CB
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24466
Current location
In the Drill Hall
Caernarfon Barracks
Llanberis Road
Caernarfon (Caernarvon)
Arfon
Gwynedd
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SH 48460 62714
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Christ Church
Bangor St
Caernarfon
Arfon
Gwynedd
LL55 1AR
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SH 48087 63132
Denomination: Church in Wales
- Christ Church
- Description
- LARGE NOWY-HEADED METAL PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO A WOODEN BACKBOARD. SIX CERAMIC BADGES IN EACH CORNER AND TOP AND LOWER CENTRE OF THE PLAQUE. THE REGIMENTAL CREST AT THE TOP CENTRE IS SURROUNDED BY RED FLOWERS AND ABOVE IT IS A CROWN
- Inscription
- 1914 1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, WARRANT AND NON-COMMISSIONED/ OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 1/6TH BATTALION ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anson, W F V
Anthony, J R
Astall, T J
Bagnall, P W J
Banks, W
Barber, N
Barton, A
Bean, B H
Beaver, A
Boland, W
See details for all 269 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 269
Served and returned: 0
Died: 269
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,decorations
Order of information: rank,surname,
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Ceramic
- Backboard
- Condition
- History
- In the 1980s the ceramic discs (6) were carefully & fully restored to bring them back to their former glory, and the plaque itself was carefully cleaned (see saved PDF file).
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Reserve Forces' & Cadets' Association for Wales
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