[: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[:]
Category: memorials
[: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[:]
[:en]WW1 Memorial in Y Tabernacl, the Welsh Baptist chapel in Cardiff[:cy]Cofeb i’r Rhyfel Mawr yn y Tabernacl, Caerdydd[:]
[:en]On a wall inside the Tabernacl, the Welsh Baptist chapel on the Hayes in central Cardiff, there is a memorial to the six men of the congregation who died in the Great War. The memorial itself is impressive, being carved in marble. There are no records to indicate whether the chapel displayed a ‘Roll of…Continue Reading [:en]WW1 Memorial in Y Tabernacl, the Welsh Baptist chapel in Cardiff[:cy]Cofeb i’r Rhyfel Mawr yn y Tabernacl, Caerdydd[:]
[:en]Castle Steel Works, Rogerstone, War memorial[:cy]Cofeb Rhyfel y Castle Steel Works, Tŷ-Du, Gwent[:]
[:en]Numerous companies erected memorials to their employees who were killed in the First World War and Welsh companies, works, railways and other industrial employers are well represented in the range of known and surviving memorials. One of the larger Welsh industrial employers of the opening decades of the twentieth century was Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds…Continue Reading [:en]Castle Steel Works, Rogerstone, War memorial[:cy]Cofeb Rhyfel y Castle Steel Works, Tŷ-Du, Gwent[:]
[:en]The Chapel Memorials in Rhyd-y-main, Meirionnydd[:cy]Cofebau Capeli Rhyd-y-main, Meirionnydd[:]
[:en]In the Independent chapel in Rhyd-y-main (six miles from Dolgellau on the way to Bala), there is a brass plaque in a prominent position to commemorate the local men who were killed in the First World War. It is situated on the wall behind the pulpit, so that any worshipper who is looking at the…Continue Reading [:en]The Chapel Memorials in Rhyd-y-main, Meirionnydd[:cy]Cofebau Capeli Rhyd-y-main, Meirionnydd[:]
[:en]Adulam Bonymaen Roll of Honour[:cy]Rhestr Anrhydedd Adulam Bonymaen[:]
[:en]Since the autumn of 2015, the project Welsh Memorials to the Great War has been preparing to investigate the range of First World War memorials in Wales. Generously funded by the Living Legacies Engagement Centre, this project aims to begin to fill a gap in our knowledge and appreciation of ‘unofficial’ war memorials in Wales….Continue Reading [:en]Adulam Bonymaen Roll of Honour[:cy]Rhestr Anrhydedd Adulam Bonymaen[:]