[:en] After almost 190 years, the grand Independent chapel of Siloh, in the Landore area of Swansea, closed its doors in January 2016. A hundred years ago the membership stood at around 640; at the end of the Second World War, there were over 600; when the chapel closed, the number of members was in…Continue Reading [:en]The Shields of the Earth: the WW1 memorial in Siloh, Landore[:cy]‘Tariannau y Ddaear’: Cofeb Siloh, Glandŵr[:]
Month: April 2016
[:en]The Glamorgan Constabulary Roll of Honour[:cy]Rhestr Anrhydedd Heddlu Morgannwg[:]
[:en]The ‘Welsh Memorials to the Great War’ project is interested in those memorials which commemorate the service of members of particular communities, be they chapels, clubs, schools or workplaces. Of course, many of these institutions have disappeared or been transformed over the intervening years. In terms of workplaces it is very difficult to find mines…Continue Reading [:en]The Glamorgan Constabulary Roll of Honour[:cy]Rhestr Anrhydedd Heddlu Morgannwg[:]
[:en]Obituaries and Memorials to the Soldiers of Tregarth[:cy]Ysgrifau Coffa a Chofebau i Filwyr Tregarth[:]
[:en] Tregarth is a village in the Ogwen Valley, Caernarfonshire. Its Wesleyan Methodist chapel, ‘Shiloh’ and church, ‘St Mary’s’ are still open and have memorials dedicated to those who lost their lives in the First World War. The church also holds the Sunday school’s memorial and a stained glass window dedicated to the Brock brothers,…Continue Reading [:en]Obituaries and Memorials to the Soldiers of Tregarth[:cy]Ysgrifau Coffa a Chofebau i Filwyr Tregarth[:]
[:en]The Monmouthshire Regiment and the Battle of Frezenberg Ridge by Shaun McGuire[:cy]Catrawd Sir Fynwy a Brwydr Crib Frezenberg gan Shaun McGuire[:]
[:en]It is possible that the total of 85 men from Newport killed on 8 May 1915 is the greatest loss suffered by any Welsh town in a single day in the First World War. They were part of the Battle of the Frezenberg Ridge, which was part of what has become known as the Second Battle…Continue Reading [:en]The Monmouthshire Regiment and the Battle of Frezenberg Ridge by Shaun McGuire[:cy]Catrawd Sir Fynwy a Brwydr Crib Frezenberg gan Shaun McGuire[:]