- Type of Memorial
- Paper memorial
- WMR Reference Number
- 116238
- Description
- Paper document in a silver coloured frame attached to the wall on the first floor of the museum. The document lists, in Welsh and English, the names and details of 6 individuals who died during the First World War. To the side of this document are a number of wooden plaques to which are attached either a bronze 'Death Penny' (3) or a bronze plaque issued by the Urban District of Llandudno (6).
- Inscription
- ER COF / PRIVATE JOHN BASFORD, LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS - BU FARW 1 EBRIL 1917 25 / OED (PRIOD AG ELIZABETH, CHWAER JOHN AC EVAN HOBSON). LLADDWYD BRAWD ARALL, DAVID A / CHEFNDER HEFYD. / / PRIVATE JOHN HOBSON, ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS - /BU FARW 22 MEHEFIN 1917 20 OEDD / / PRIVATE EVAN HOBSON, GLOUCESTER REGIMENT - / BU FARW 21 AWST 1917 29 0EDD / / PRIVATE EDWARD HUGHES, LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS - BU FARW 9 AWST 1917 30 OEDD / / PRIVATE HARRY ROBERTS, ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY - / GWASANAETHODD AR FWRDD YR HMS VINDICTIVE A BU FARW 23 23 EBRILL 1918 28 OED. / / SERGEANT JOHN OWEN THOMPSON, ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS - BU FARW 28 / MEHEFIN 1918 20 OEDD. YN CAEL EI ADNABOD FEL "ENAID AC ENAID" YR 11 EG BATALIWN, ROEDD / YN CHWARAE'R BANJO AC YN TREFNU ADLONIANT I'R CWMNI'N RHEOLAIDD
IN MEMORIAM / PRIVATE JOHN BASFORD, LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS - DIED 1 APRIL 1917 AGE 25 / (MARRIED TO ELIZABETH, SISTER OF JOHN AND EVAN HOBSON). ANOTHER BROTHER, DAVID, AND A COUSIN WERE ALSO KILLED. / / PRIVATE JOHN HOBSON, ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS - DIED 22 JUNE 1917 AGE 20 / / PRIVATE EVAN HOBSON, GLOUCESTER REGIMENT - DIED 21 AUGUST 1917 AGE 29 / / PRIVATE EDWARD HUGHES, LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS - DIED 9 AUGUST 1917 AGE 30 / / PRIVATE HARRY ROBERTS, ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY - SERVED ABOARD THE HMS VINDICTIVE AND DIED 23 APRIL 1918 AGE 28. / / SERGEANT JOHN OWEN THOMPSON, ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS - DIED 28 JUNE 1918 AGE 20. KNOWN AS "THE LIFE AND SOUL" OF THE 11TH BATTALION, HE PLAYED THE / BANJO AND REGULARLY ORGANISED ENTERTAINMENTS FOR THE COMPANY.