Memorial

Hedd Wyn - Private E H Evans

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Junction of Maengwyn Street and Ystryd Faen, Moriah Chapel, A487, Trawsfynnydd, Meirionnydd, Gwynedd, LL41 4RS, Wales

OS Grid Reference

SH 70661 35654

Denomination

Presbyterian

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast figure
WMR Reference Number: 7028
Description: Life size figure of Hedd Wynn depicted as as a shepherd with his crook in the left hand. A bronze plaque is embedded in the granite plinth with Welsh inscription. Immediately in front of the granite base is a slate tablet with silvered lettering and a Welsh inscription, and below that a smaller slate tablet with silvered lettering and an English inscription.
Inscription: Plaque: HEDD WYN/ PRIFARDD EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL 1917/ CANWYD EF YN MHLWYF TRAWSFYNYDD/A SYRTHIODD AR/ ESCAIR ASGAIR PILKEM YN FFLANDRYS/ CORFENNAF 31, 1917, YN 30 OED Tablet 1: (Inscription as above followed by): EI ABERTH NID A HEIBIO- EI WYNEB/ ANNWYL NID A'N ANGO/ ER I'R ALMAEN YSTAENIO/ EI DWRN DUR YN EI WAED O. (Translation: Hedd Wyn. The winning bard at the National Eisteddfod of 1917. He was born in the Parish of Trawsfynnydd and he fell at Pilkem Ridge, Flanders on 31 July, aged 30 years. His sacrifice will not be forgotten, his countenance so dear will ever be remembered, Though Germany's Iron Fist By his blood is stained.) Tablet 2: (HEDD WYN/THIS STATUE COMMEMORATES THE/ DEATH OF THE WINNING BARD AT THE/ BIRKENHEAD NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD/ AUGUST 1917.THE CHAIR WAS AWARDED/ POSTHUMOUSLY TO HEDD WYN WHO WAS/ KILLED IN ACTION AT PILKEM RIDGE/ FLANDERS ON JULY 30th 1917

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Year died, place of death, forename

History

Maker(s): Leonard Stanford Merrifield FRBS, Sculptor
Costs: £600
Maintenance History: 27 Feb. 2004 Listed Grade II (ID 82543)

Ceremonies

Unveiled

11 August 1923

MRS MARY EVANS

Dedicated

11 August 1923

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