Madoc Vale Heroes (Porthmadog)

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Reference WMO/99650

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Top of the 'Memorial Hill' Bryn Coffa

Off High Street

Porthmadog

LL49 9HT

Wales

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A large Celtic cross on a tapering column set on a chamfered square stone block on a two stepped base. The cross is situated in a paved square with low brick wall with a block in each corner holding brass plaques with names. The memorial is set on a hill reached by a winding pathway with stones at intervals showing individual years of each World War. The beginning of the path has a cascade of steps entering through an arch of 2 upright and 1 horizontal stone blocks. unveiled in 1922 by local dignatories The War Memorial was Grade II listed in September 2005.
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OVER ARCHWAY: BRYN COFFA BOED COF BYTH/ AM EU DEWRWAITH DRUD,/ DROS RYDDID BRO, DROS/ WAREIDDIAD BYD/ 'THERE ARE NO DEAD' from poem by A Peery

1914 - 1918 Pte James Ashton/Lt Randal Alexander Casson/Pte Robert Henry Davies/Seamn Evan Morgan Evans/Cap Thomas Evans/Seamn Thomas John Evans/Cpl Richard Evans/Pte Robert Ellis Evans/Cap John Griffith/Gr Griffith Wynn Griffith/Lt Harry R Griffith/Pte Walter Stuart Griffith/Seamn John Hansen/Seamn David Hughes/Cap Edward Edwards Hughes/Cap Evan Hughes/Steward Teddy Hughes/Cap Thomas Hughes/Cap William Hughes/Seamn William Hughes/Seamn William Hughes/Pte Owen Edward Hansen/Pte Evan Harris/Pte David Hughes/Cpl Evan Griffith Hughes/Pte Hugh Thomas Hughes/Pte Robert Hughes/Pte Samuel Hughes/Pte Thomas Hughes/Pte William Walter Hughes/Pte Evan Jones Humphreys/Seamn David Jones/2nd Off David John Jones/Cap Owen Jones/Seamn Robert Jones/.Seamn William Jones/Cap William Morris Jones/Pte Charles Christmas James/Dr Abraham Jones/Pte David Lloyd Jones/Pte Evan John Jones/Pte Griffith Jones/Hugh Price Jones/Humphrey Jones/Owen Jones/Owen Morris Jones/Robert Jones/Robert Owen Jones/Samuel John Jones/Vavasour Jones/William Jones/William Jones/William Jones/William Morris Jones/Samuel John Kingshott/Robert Henry Lloyd/Norman Clay MacMillan/Rees Morris/Evan Owen/Griffith Owen/Henry Owen/Hugh Pugh Owen/Samuel James Owen/William Jones Owen/Evan Richard Parry/David Lloyd Pritchard/Llewellyn Pritchard/T Gwilym Rees/Morris Richards/Arthur Ridley/Griffith Roberts/Henry Roberts/Isaac Morris Roberts/John Roberts/Lewis Davis Roberts/Thomas Roberts/Thos Roberts/William Watrin Roberts/Thomas Robson/David Thomas/Griffith Henry Thomas/Indris Percy Thomas/Jonah Thomas/Percy James Thomas/Evan Henry William/David John Williams/David M Williams/Griffith Williams/Henry Williams/John Williams/William John Williams names not listed for WW11 yet

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