Froncysyllte fountain - Boer, WWI and WWII

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Reference WMO/123688

Address:

Holyhead Road

Froncysyllte

LL20 7RA

Wales

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Drinking fountain
Materials:
  • Other Other
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
About the memorial: Drinking fountain commemorating two men from the village who died serving in the Second Anglo-Boer War erected in 1909. Inscription is in English. The memorial was first erected further west along the A5 set into the wall. In this position it was in grave danger from the traffic and had over the years received many knocks. In 1995 Mr Charlie Mellish, Chairman, Llangollen Rural Community Council began a campaign to have the memorial moved and restored. In conjunction with the Anglo-Boer War Memorials Project funds were raised for the memorial to be moved and restored so it is now located just east of St David's Church. The memorial was moved in Autumn 1995 and restoration was completed in June 1996. Incorporated into flanks of the memorial are stone war memorial tablets from the village's Methodist Chapel for the First and Second World Wars. The chapel had been demolished and residents ensured the tablets were saved. The inscriptions are in Welsh.Addition details: The memorial is formed of green and white porcelain. Grade II listed by Cadw 11 June 1998
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PARCHER Y DEWR IN MEMORY OF PRIVATE WILLIAM WILLIAMS 3RD BATTALION ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS KILLED IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF FREDERIKSTAD OCTOBER 25TH 1900 AND OF PRIVATE JOHN CHARLES JAMES 2ND BATTALION GRENADIER GUARDS DIED OF ENTERIC AT THABA NCHU NEAR BLOEMFONTEIN MAY 10TH 1900 (WW1 Memorial) Er Gof Serrhog AM Y BRODYR ANWYL A SYRTHIASANT YN Y RHYFEL MAWR, 1914-1918. (Names) 'MEWN TANGNEFEDD' (WW2 Memorial) Er Gof Serrhog AM BRODYR ANWYL A SYRTHIASANT YN Y RHYFEL, 1939-1945. (Names) 'MEWN TANGENEFEDD'

(Boer War) WILLIAM WILLIAMS, JOHN CHARLES JAMES. (WW1) LLOYD JONES, MEHEFIN, 1915., EDWARD DAVIES, RHAGFYR, 1917., BENJAMIN MORRIS, EBRILL, 1918., THOMAS ELLIS HUGHES, AWST, 1918. (WW2) WYNNE ROBERTS, AWST. 10.1941., JOHN BRYAN JONES, RHAGFYR. 31. 1942., DAVID HUGH JONES, HYDREF. 10. 1943., HARRY ROBERTS, EBRILL. 7. 1944., JACK JONES, GORFFENNAF. 15. 1944.

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Grade II (Wales)

https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=19961

19961

No - checked Wrexham County Borough Council website 26/4/2023. The memorial falls outside the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Conservation Area

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