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    Memorial

    Caernarfonshire Boer War Cross

    Cross.

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    Current Location

    The path that leads up to the memorial on Ben Twthill starts where Twthill East meets Thomas Street., Twthill East, Caernarfon (Caernarvon), Arfon, Gwynedd, LL55 1AY, Wales

    OS Grid Reference

    SH 48195 63015

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    7054
    Description
    A wheel cross on a pillar with battered faces that surmounts a three tier pedestal on a base. There are tablets on the four faces of the top tier of the pedestal that record the inscription, and the names of the fallen. The memorial is surrounded by railings.
    Inscription
    6 o'clock face: THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN / MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS / COUNTY WHO DIED SERVING THEIR / COUNTRY IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR / 1899-1902. 9 o'clock face: (Names) 12 o'clock face: (Names) 3 o'clock face: (Names)
    War
    Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Number Commemorated
    24
    Died
    24
    Information shown
    Rank, forename initial, surname, regiment.
    Maker(s)
    • Messrs. Hugh Jones & Company, Seiont Marble Works, Caernarfon., Builder

    Sponsor Type
    public
    Maintenance History
    The memorial was cleaned in 1991, and the railings were painted in 1991.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    2 July 1904

    J. E. Greaves Esq. (Lord-Lieutenant of the county)

    Dedicated

    2 July 1904

    Reverend J. W. Wynne Jones M.A.

    Custodian
    Arfon Council

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    Pillar

    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    Pedestal

    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    Base

    Made from: Unknown


    Condition: Good


    • Gildea, James. For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902. London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1911, p.262.
    • The Times, 4 July 1904, p.11.
    • Caernarfon and Denbigh Herald Newspaper, 8 July 1904.