Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Aberconwy
- Town
- Dolgarrog
- County
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unknown
Date: 2nd November 1925
Attended by: Memorial destroyed in dam disaster - Dedicated
Date: 12th November 1927
Attended by: Rev. William Evans - Unveiled
Date: 12th November 1927
Attended by: Colonel Mostyn - Unveiled
Date: Before 1925
Attended by: Original memorial - Show More (3)
- Unknown
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6990
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Current location
Gardens of The British Legion Club
Conway Road
Dolgarrog
Aberconwy
Gwynedd
LL32 8JU
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SH 76938 67577
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Obelisk surmounting a square plinth and four steps with black lettering. Gilded wreath on the 6o'clock face of the obelisk and the whole is surrounded by metal railings. The previous memorial and British Legion Club were lost in the dam disaster in 1925. A new British Legion club was opened on the same day.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ A TRIBUTE/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ GALLANT COMRADES/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918./ LEST WE FORGET./ 1939 - 1945./ ERECTED/ BY THE DOLGARROG BRANCH/ BRITISH LEGION. 3 o'clock face: 1914 - 1918/ (Names) 9 o'clock face: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Carpenter, G
Davies, H C
Davies, R W
Evans, J
Hughes, W R
Jack, G
Jones, F A W
Jones, H
Jones, J
Lloyd, A
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, rank, decorations
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, rank
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite, Marble - Obelisk
Measurements: depth 1000mm, height 3000mm, width 1000mm
Materials: Granite - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plinth
- Condition
- Dolgarrog
- WMO ID: 178363
- Condition: Good [last updated on 27-07-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Dolgarrog Royal British Legion
- Reference
- The British Legion - Dolgarrog Branch - Subscription List - War Memorial Fund.
- Gwynedd Archaeological Trust: archwilio.org.uk/arch/query/page.php?watprn=GAT71337
- Anonymous, 'Dplgarrog British Legion: Unveiling of War Memorial - Opening of New Club', North Wales Weekly News, Thursday 17 November 1927, p. 3
- Anonymous, 'Dolgarrog Memorial: Unveiling by Colonel Mostyn', Western Mail, Monday 14 November 1927, p. 8.
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