Memorial

Porthmadog - Bryn Coffa (Memorial Hill)

Bryn Coffa Entrance

Source: Copyright Bill Zajac

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Current Location

Top of Bryn Coffa (Memorial Hill) near entrance to Ysgol Eifionydd, High Street, Porthmadog, Dwyfor, Gwynedd, LL49 9HT, Wales

SH 56669 39265

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 24485
Description: Tall rough-hewn Celtic wheel style cross on square plinth with inset name panels, set on top of Bryn Coffa (Memorial Hill), also known as Ynys Galch. The surrounding garden is entered through an archway with "Bryn Coffa" inscribed on it, and the path that climbs to the memorial is marked at 10 foot intervals by marker stones bearing the dates of the World Wars. WW2 names on four free-standing plinths marking the corners of the paved area in which the Memorial stands.
Inscription: Entrance gateway: BRYN COFFA (Memorial Hill)/ 1914-1918 1939-1945/ WW1 Memorial - 12 o'clock face: BOED COF BYTH/ AM EU DEWRWAITH DRUD,/ DROS RYDDID BRO, DROS WAREIDDIAD BYD (Let the memory be everlasting of their costly brave work, For the freedom of neighbourhood, the civilisation of the world.) / EIFION WYN./1914 "THERE ARE NO DEAD" 1918/ (Names)/ 6 o'clock face: (Names)/ WW2 Plinths: ER COF (In memory of)/ 1939 - 1945/ LLYNGES FRENHINOL (Royal Navy)/ (Names)/; 1939-1945/ Y FYDDIN (Army)/ (Names)/; 1939 - 1945/ LLU AWYR (Air Force)/ (Names)/; 1939 - 1945/ LLYNGES FASNACH (Merchant Navy)/ (Names)/ Additional inscription: IN MEMORY OF NINETY-SEVEN FALLEN WAR HEROES OF MADOC VALE (Exact location and line spacing unknown)