Bangor-is-y-coed or Bangor on Dee

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Allegory (eg: Victory)

District

Wrexham

Town

Bangor-is-y-coed/Bangor on Dee

County

Clwyd

Country

Wales

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 24 May 1925
Attended by: Rev R. I. B. Paterson Morgan (former Rector)

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

7164

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Current location

outside the church
opposite a pub.
High Street
Bangor-is-y-coed/Bangor on Dee
Wrexham
Clwyd
LL13 0DT
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SJ 38830 45439
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

A semi-circular wall with inset seats at the back of a column with a female figure at the top holding a wreath in each hand representing mourning.

Inscription

1914/ 1939/AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM/ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ ALL THESE WERE HONOURED IN THEIR GENERATIONS AND WERE THE GLORY OF THEIR TIMES./ ECCLESIASTICUS XLIV-VII.1918/1945/ (NAMES)

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Boffey, Edward
Carr, James
Dunn, Robert Henry
Evans, J
Fearnall, Frederick Hugh
Fenwick, Roger Mansell William
Goswell, Thomas Earnest
Gravenor, Henry George
Haycocks, Joseph
Humphreys, George
See details for all 30 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 23
Served and returned: 0
Died: 23
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, first name
Order of information: surname
Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone

Condition

BANGOR-IS-Y-COED
WMO ID: 116137
Condition: Undefined [last updated on 12-05-2020]
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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

www.bangor-on-dee.co.uk/memorial/index.htm
Newspaper accounts of the proposed memorial: Wrexham Leader 20 March 1925, Wrexham Advertiser 21March 1925

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