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OLD COLWYN WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 & Korea - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Bill Bagnall 2009

The Old Colwyn memorial stands at the roadside outside St Catherine's Church, Abergele Road, Old Colwyn, Clwyd. The memorial takes the form of a cross set upon a low brick concave wall with a dedicatory inscription on a metal plaque at the base flanked by two name plaques with additional inscriptions along the top of the wall and on flower holders to the left and right of the metal plaques; the whole is secured by stone bollards placed in front of it. The memorial was unveiled 11 November 1923. There are 66 names listed for World War 1 and 23 for World War 2.

Photograph Copyright © Bill Bagnall 2009

TROS RHYDDID COLLASANT EU GWAED MEWN ANGHOF NI CHANT FOD
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN
FROM THE PARISH OF COLWYN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WARS
1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945
THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED
BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1923.
RESTORED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1988.

Left Hand Flower Holder:

ER
COFFADWRIAETH
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
RHODDASANT EU
BYWYD DROSOM

Right Hand Flower Holder:

IN
REMEMBRANCE
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
THEY GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR US

1914-1918

ADAM LL
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BARKER J
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BELLIS J H
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BROADBENT C H
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CALLOW J
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CONWAY A
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DANIELL E E
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DAVIES E
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DAVIES D
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DAVIES F
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DAVIES J
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DAVIES J
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DAVIES W
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DAVIES W O
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EDWARDS E O
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EDWARDS J K
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EVANS E J
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EVANS J
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EVANS M
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FAIRCLOUGH R J
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FOULKES O
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FOULKES T
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HUGHES A P
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JONES A P
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JONES B
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JONES B L
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JONES C E
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JONES D J
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JONES E
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JONES G E
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JONES G E
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JONES G E
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JONES H H
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JONES J
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JONES J C
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JONES J C
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JONES J D
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JONES J R
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JONES R
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JONES T S
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JONES W
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JONES W H
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MARCATTA R
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MARSDEN E
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MASSEY T
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MORRIS E
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MORRIS R
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OWEN O
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PARKER T D M
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PARRY T B
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PEARCE A L
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PEARCE W E
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RECKLESS E
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ROBERTS E
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ROBERTS J
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ROBERTS J T
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ROBERTS LL
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ROBERTS P
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ROBERTS

William

Private 240824, 17th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 29 August 1917. Aged 32. Resident Old Colwyn, Denbigh, enlisted Colwyn Bay, Denbigh. Son of the late William and Emma Roberts, of Bryn Awel, Fair Mount, Old Colwyn; husband of Jennie Roberts, of 8, Bryn Terrace, Old Colwyn, Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 63 to 65.

THOMAS A
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THOMAS J R
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THOMAS W
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WHEATER W H
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WILLIAMS C
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WILLIAMS J
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WILLIAMS J
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1939-1945
BAILEY A D
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BLACKSHAW A T
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BOULTER H
No further information currently available. See also Colwyn Bay
CHENEY D I
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CLIFFORD H H
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DAVIES T E
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EDWARDS Ll
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ELLIS T C
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HILL L N
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HUGHES N
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JONES A
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JONES D E
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JONES W S
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MATTHEWS E
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MOORE K J
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MORETON R
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ROBERTS F [S]
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ROBERTS H H
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ROBERTS James Clifton [Edmeston]
Flying Officer 74710, 1 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 21 May 1941. Aged 23. Son of James and Ruth Robinson, of Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire. B.A. (Cantab.). No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 30. See also Colwyn Bay
ROBERTS Robert Charles
Sergeant T/773415, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 4 May 1942. Aged 31. Son of Robert Edward and Emily Roberts, of Colwyn Bay. Buried in OLD COLWYN NON-CONFORMIST CEMETERY, Denbighshire. Block B. Row 2. Grave 143. See also Colwyn Bay
ROBERTS Thomas Philip
Flight Sergeant (Pilot) 1623387, 112 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Cervia, Italy, in a North Amrican Mustang IVA, serial number KM127, whe the aircraft was lost after a dive bombing attack during a Cab Rank patrol 12 April 1945. Aged 21. Native of Old Colwyn, Denbighshire. Son of Thomas Philip and Gladys Roberts, of Old Colwyn, Denbighshire. No known grave. Commemorated on MALTA MEMORIAL, Malta. Panel 18, Column 2. See also Malta Memorial and also Colwyn Bay Memorial
THORNE P
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VALENTINE K S
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