Royal Welch Fusiliers WW1

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Reference WMO/187944

Address:

Bodhyfryd

jct Chester Road

Wrexham

LL12 7AB

Wales

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Serviceman/woman sculpture
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The memorial previously stood at the junction of Regent Street and Grosvenor Road but was moved to its present site in 1959 because of traffic congestion, erected in 1924, by Sir W. Goscombe John, sculptor. Ashlar pedestal and flanking walls, with bronze figures. Central pedestal surmounted by figures in the C18 and C20 uniforms of the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Inscription commemorating the dead of the First World War on the pedestal, which is flanked by low quadrant walls which carry Second World War inscriptions, and have laurel-band cornice and raking copings. Walls terminate in stepped piers with segmental caps, and low relief emblems. The quadrant walls enclose a cobbled surface raised up steps. Grade 11 listed 31 January 1994. Sculptor: Sir William Goscombe John
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PLINTH: TO THE/ IMMORTAL MEMORY/ OF THE ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS/ DUW CADWR BRENIN/ DROS RHYDDID COLLASANT EU GWAED WALL LEFT: HEFYD I GOFIO'R FFIWSILWYR CYMREIG BRENHINOL/ A SYRTHIODD YN YR AIL RHYFEL MAWR 1939-1945 WALL RIGHT: ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE ROYAL WELCHMEN/ WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945

Grade II (Wales)

1746

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