Wrexham Korean War

• At the cenotaph outside the HQ
  Llay Royal British Legion
  Watts Dyke
  Llay
  Wrexham
  Clwyd
  LL12 0RL
  Wales
  
  OS Grid Ref: SJ 33129 55347
  Denomination: Undefined

• Korean War (1950-1953)
  Total names on memorial: 0
  Served and returned: 0
  Died: 0
  Exact count: yes
  Information shown: No names are recorded on the memorial
  Order of information: Undefined

• Stone of remembrance
  Measurements: depth 80mm, height 300mm, width 450mm
  Materials: Marble - Black
• Base
  Measurements: depth 100mm, height 360mm, width 500mm
  Materials: Concrete

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Comments: North Wales No1 Branch, British Korean Veterans Association funded the memorial.

• Wrexham Mail, Thursday 11th May 2000; page 8 ('Mailbag' column) included the following letter: 'Memorial must not be moved. How good it is of Wrexham Council to allow the memorial stone of the British Korean Veterans to be erected permanently outside the Wrexham Memorial Hall (the Mail, April 27). Indeed , it is right that the fallen of "The Forgotten War" should be remembered in this way - especially in light of the fact that the lives of 1,092 British soldiers were lost in that conflict. Readers may be interested to know that the site of the memorial stone will in fact be the second such "permanent" site. Originally dedicated by the Rev. John Waring (himself a Korean veteran), the memorial was erected at the Cenotaph outside Llay branch headquarters of the Royal British Legion. Following a very minor disagreement with the branch committee, which had at all times offered the veterans kindly hospitality, help with the fundraising, and a very prominent place in local remembrance events, it was decided by the former chairman of the Korean's Veteran's Committee to remove the memorial stone. May I then suggest to councillors Griffiths, Andrew and Crisp that before any further action is taken, they receive a certain undertaking from the local committee of the Veterans, that they will not remove the stone again under any circumstances. D Quentin Bellamy, Vicar of Llay, Chaplin of the Llay Branch, Royal British Legion, The Vicarage, Llay'.
• Wrexham County Borough Council: Report No CLAO/ /00 (Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, Corporate Services Directorate), in 2000; subject War Memorials. Among the items listed for consideration was 'A request from the North Wales No1 Branch, British Korean Veterans Association, for permission to place a small memorial stone on Council owned land at Bodhyfryd, Wrexham to commemorate those British servicemen who lost their lives during the Korean War'.
• Wrexham Mail, Thursday May 18th 2000, page 1; article entitled 'Forgotten heroes: Widow backs memorial bid for Korean War TRIBUTE'. (The widow of Lance Corporal Robert Frank Matthews supported the erection of the memorial stone at its new site. Her late husband received the British Empire Medal for his services in the three-year conflict, two years of which he spent as a Prisoner of War; left traumatised by the experience, he committed suicide on 13/5/1960).