Memorial

Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay War Memorial

Source: Copyright Martin Briscoe

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Queens Gardens, Conway Road, Colwyn Bay, Colwyn, Clwyd, LL29 7AH, Wales

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SH 84601 79101

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 2230
Description: SOLDIER STANDING AT EASE, LEFT FOOT FORWARD RESTING ON A ROCK. ASHLAR PYLON WITH FOUR STEPPED BASE, INSCRIPTION TO FRONT FACE AND NAMES ON PANELS TO SIDES. FLANKED BY CAST IRON LAMP STANDARDS TO EITHER SIDE. BELOW NAME PANELS, FRIEZES DEPICT (1) SOLDIERS MARCHING TO WAR ("MILITARY"); (2) THE DECK OF AN ARMED MERCHANT SHIP ("NAVAL"); (3) RETURNING SOLDIERS & SAILORS, SOME WOUNDED, AND NURSES ("THE HOMECOMING")
Inscription: (NORTH FACE): IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE FROM/ COLWYN BAY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918 (EAST FACE): (WW1/WW2 NAMES) (WEST FACE): (WW1/WW2 NAMES) (SOUTH FACE: (WW1 NAMES)/ KOREA 1950 - 1953/ (NAME)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 174
Died: 174
Information shown: Surname, initials of forenames
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 99
Died: 99
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of names: surname

War: Korean War (1950-1953)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames

Maker(s): John Cassidy RBS, Sculptor
Maintenance History: June 2008 graffiti damage.

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11 November 1922

LORD COLWYN

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