Capel Curig War Memorial

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Reference WMO/137194

Address:

Junction of A4086 with the A5

Capel Curig

LL24 0EP

Wales

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: On the inside corner of the bend in the A5, at the junction with the A4086, outside a redundant church coverted into a private residence.A wheel cross with engraved design upon the cross, standing upon a pyramidal plinth. The front shaft of the cross bears the commemoration in Welsh, below which are listed the names of 6 men who gave their lives in WW1, headed by an officer, the remainder listed by unit seniority/alphabetically, all showing their ranks. On the left and right faces is a roll of honour listing the names of 25 other men who served in the war, showing their ranks and unit. On a lower plinth are commemorated the names of 2 men who gave their lives during WW2, showing their ranks, decorations and unit. This lower plinth appears to have been added after WW2, with the original memorial placed on top of it. The whole memorial stands upon a stone platform and is surrounded by a metal, gated railing.
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Repeated listing of rank or regiment are indicated by the ditto sign. The side facing Snowdon of the memorial: Er Diolghus gof am y rhai Addodasant Eu bywydau Plwyf hwn Yn Yrhyfel 1914 – 1918 Capt. T. A. Oliver RFC Pte E Jones Yks & Lancs M Hughes RWF W Hughes Ditto M Jones Ditto D O Roberts Ditto Y RHYFEL (The war) 1939 – 1945 Petty Officer L P Davies BEM RN. Sergeant J E Owen RAF Facing Ogwen side of memorial: Roll of Honour L/Cpl. W. M. Jones W R (second letter could be H) P. Evans RWF Corpl. T Williams, Ditto Pte. M. Roberts Ditto W. Williams Ditto W.J. Hughes Ditto O. Roberts Ditto Corpl. W. J. Griffiths RE Pte J Jones SWB C.O. Williams RWF J. Hughes Kings L. R. H. E. Riley Kings O. Y L. I Facing Betws y Coed side of memorial: Roll of Honour Gnr. E Prichard RCA (could be RGA) W D Robert Ditto D.T. Evans Ditto Bdr. E.S. Williams Ditto Gnr. H.P. Jones RMA Pte. S Jones MGC E. Roberts Ditto R Jones RMLI – or P or L) (?) T. Jones 1st Mons. J. Hughes RASC H. Jones R F A .or could be R P A. R. Roberts RAMC Q.S.M. J G Williams RAPC The rear side of the memorial is blank A small, wooden cross places on the memorial (placed by Owen Wyn Owen 2009) listed Sergeant J. E, Owen 1068297 Pont Cyfyng, killed over Cologne July 1943. This was his brother Some restoration work took place in 2010, sponsored by the community council i.e. a gate was fitted into the railings etc. HL April 2013. (earlier versions of this doc. should be destroyed.) Note1 the Welsh inscription translates to “In thankful memory of those from this parish who sacrificed their lives for us in the 1914 – 1918 War”.

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