Memorial details

Memorial type
Sculptured / Cast figure
District
Meirionnydd
Town
Trawsfynnydd
County
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 11 August 1923
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
  • Unveiled
    Date: 11 August 1923
    Attended by: MRS MARY EVANS
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
7028

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Current location

Junction of Maengwyn Street and Ystryd Faen
Moriah Chapel
A487
Trawsfynnydd
Meirionnydd
Gwynedd
LL41 4RS
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SH 70661 35654
Denomination: Presbyterian

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Description
Life size figure of Hedd Wynn depicted as as a shepherd with his crook in the left hand. A bronze plaque is embedded in the granite plinth with Welsh inscription. Immediately in front of the granite base is a slate tablet with silvered lettering and a Welsh inscription, and below that a smaller slate tablet with silvered lettering and an English inscription.
Inscription
Plaque: HEDD WYN/ PRIFARDD EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL 1917/ CANWYD EF YN MHLWYF TRAWSFYNYDD/A SYRTHIODD AR/ ESCAIR ASGAIR PILKEM YN FFLANDRYS/ CORFENNAF 31, 1917, YN 30 OED Tablet 1: (Inscription as above followed by): EI ABERTH NID A HEIBIO- EI WYNEB/ ANNWYL NID A'N ANGO/ ER I'R ALMAEN YSTAENIO/ EI DWRN DUR YN EI WAED O. (Translation: Hedd Wyn. The winning bard at the National Eisteddfod of 1917. He was born in the Parish of Trawsfynnydd and he fell at Pilkem Ridge, Flanders on 31 July, aged 30 years. His sacrifice will not be forgotten, his countenance so dear will ever be remembered, Though Germany's Iron Fist By his blood is stained.) Tablet 2: (HEDD WYN/THIS STATUE COMMEMORATES THE/ DEATH OF THE WINNING BARD AT THE/ BIRKENHEAD NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD/ AUGUST 1917.THE CHAIR WAS AWARDED/ POSTHUMOUSLY TO HEDD WYN WHO WAS/ KILLED IN ACTION AT PILKEM RIDGE/ FLANDERS ON JULY 30th 1917
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Evans, Ellis Humphrey
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Year died, place of death, forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Figure
    Measurements: height 1650mm
    Materials: Bronze
  • Base
    Measurements: depth 220mm, height 1100mm, width 1100mm
    Materials: Granite
  • Plinth
    Measurements: height 750mm, width 750mm
    Materials: Granite
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 520mm, width 600mm
    Materials: Slate
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 220mm, width 400mm
    Materials: Bronze
Condition
History
27 Feb. 2004 Listed Grade II (ID 82543)
Costs

Site: Donated by Mr J R Jarrett of Glasfryn.
Memorial: £600

Trust fund/Scholarship
Yes
Purpose: Balance of £378 used for £10 annual prize for writer of best essay on Welsh history, language,or literature at University College of North Wales, Bangor (now Bangor University).
Responsibility
In 1992 Trawsfynyd Community Council.
Reference

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