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    Memorial

    Prenteg

    Prenteg WW1 names

    Source: Copyright MHS (WMO record number 145402)

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    Current Location

    Mounted on external wall., Canolfan Prenteg (Community Centre), Prenteg, Dwyfor, Gwynedd, LL49 9SP, Wales

    OS Grid Reference

    SH 58553 41465

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    37112
    Description
    Set of three slate tablets with lettering in white, originally mounted on a brick-built cenotaph: tablet bearing dedication and seven WW1 names; tablet bearing dedication and one WW2 name; further tablet bearing a white laurel leaf.
    Inscription
    YN ANGOF NI CHANT FOD/ TEYRNGED ARDALWYR HOREB A PHRENTEG/ I GOFFA'R DEWION O'U BRO A GWYMPODD/ YN Y RHYFEL MAWR/ 1914-1918/ (Names)/ ABERTH RHYFEL/ 1939-1945/ (Name)/ O! GOFADAIL GOFIDIAU - TAD A MAM/ TYDI MWY TRWY'R OESAU/ DDYSGI FFORDD I DDWYS GOFFAU/ Y RHYWYG O GOLLI'R HOGIAU/ R. WMS. PARRY
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    7
    Died
    7
    Information shown
    Rank, name, country of death, year of death
    Order of names
    Year of death
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    Rank, name, country of death, year of death
    Maintenance History
    2004: Telephone call received to say that the chapel had closed and the tablets on the cenotaph were to be relocated. 2010: The tablets were relocated at the Canolfan Prenteg (Prenteg Community Centre).

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    Saturday 19th March 1923

    Major Breese, formerly the MP for Caernarfonshire

    Previous Location(s)

    BETHLEHEM CHAPEL, Prenteg, Dwyfor, Gwynedd, Wales

    OS Grid Reference

    SH 588 415

    Year of move

    2004

    Reason for move

    Closure of Chapel

    Components

    Tablets

    Made from: Slate


    Condition: Good


    • Holyhead Chronicle, Friday 25th May 1923.
    • War Memorials Online: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/145402/
    • Gwynedd Archaeological Trust: https://archwilio.org.uk/arch/query/page.php?watprn=GAT71518