Memorial

Bethesda

Bethesda War Memorial

Source: Copyright Martin Briscoe

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Current Location

By the roadside of the A5 in front of Capel Jerusalem., Ogwen Terrace, Bethesda, Arfon, Gwynedd, LL57 3AY, Wales

SH 62428 66689

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Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 6830
Description: Stone cenotaph, indented at corners, with reliefs of laurel wreaths at top of each face. WW2 names on additonal stones, set at 45 degrees to cenotaph. Whole set within paved area , back from the road.
Inscription: ON CENOTAPH: Y RHYFEL MAWR / 1914 - 1918 / COFARWYDD / O / EDMYGEDD TRIGOLION DYFFRYN OGWEN / O ABERTH CWŶR DEWR HYN OR ARDAL / A GWYMPODD DROS EU GWLAD / O GOFADAIL GOFADIAU - TAD A MAM / TYDI MWY DRWY'R DESAU. / DDYSGI FFORDD I DDWYS GOFFHAU / Y RHWYG O GOLLI'R HOGIAU. / (NAMES) ON ADDITIONAL STONES OF REMEMBRANCE EITHER SIDE OF CENOTAPH: 1939 1945/ (NAMES) MAE'R TIR HWN / YN / GySEGREDIG. THIS LAND / IS / SACRED

Maker(s): MR RICHARD WILLIAMS, Builder
MR R J HUGHES ARIBA, Designer
Maintenance History: In 2005, War Memorials Trust gave £250 towards installing metal railings around the memorial and designed to support an arch. The arch were originally located outside Bethseda chapel, erected after World War I. Following the sale of the chapel the local branch of the Royal British Legion stored the railings until they could be erected by the memorial. The lettering on the arch of the railings reads: "Er cof am y milwyr" which translates as In memory of the soldiers