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Llandudno
Town or City: Llandudno
County: Gwynedd
Country: Wales
WMT Reference Number: WM3519
Value of grant: £11540.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: WMT Grant Scheme
Year: 2021
UKNIWM reference number: 7030
The Llandudno war memorial comprises a stepped base surmounted by plinth, rusticated granite obelisk surmounted by a golden orb finial, with flame cresting. The memorial carries bronze plaques placed on each side of the base of the obelisk and on the plinth. The memorial is flanked to the north-west and south-east by partly chained strips of ground. This is set out with low slender bollards of granite and with contemporary lamp standards with wide fluted circular shafts and moulded bases. Each shaft is surmounted by multi ball lamp finials of glass.
In 2021, conservation and repair works were carried out with a grant of £11,540 from War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme. The memorial was cleaned using a DOFF steam cleaning system. The memorial had previously been pointed using a cement mortar which had caused the retention of moisture in the structure. Construction joints were carefully raked-out and re-pointed using a lime mortar. The lost bollard chain was reinstated to the original design and following paint sampling, the orb finial and cresting was re-gilded with gold leaf.
Llandudno war memorial is a Grade II listed monument designed by Sidney Colwyn Foulkes. The memorial was completed in 1922 to commemorate those who died in World War I. There are 212 names from World War I with 122 names added following World War II.
The inscription reads:
In memory of/ our/Glorious Dead/1914-1918/1939-1945; In proud and thankful/ remembrance/of the men of this place/who gave their lives/for their country/in the Great War 1914-1918; God our refuge and strength; Dow ein noddfa an nerth; Er coffadwriaeth/diolchoriam y gwyr/o’r lle hwn a roddes/eu eywyd dros eu gwlad/yn y rayfel mawr/1914-1918; Eu henw a fydd byw byth; Their name liveth for evermore
1939 World War 1945; God our refuge and strength; Their name liveth for evermore; Eu Henw a fydd byw byth; Duw ein noddfa an nerth
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM3519
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 7030
War Memorials Online: WMO/156545
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
