Carrog War Memorial
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CARROG WAR MEMORIAL
UKNIWM Ref: 38130
Address: Carrog, Corwen, Denbighshire, North Wales
Date: Thought to be 1923/4/5.
Type: Tablet
Other location details: At junction of B5437 opposite church gates, south side of road.
OS Map Ref: SJ 112 436
Inscription:
To the Glory of God
and in GRATEFUL and PROUD MEMORY
of our brothers who fell in the
Great War 1914 - 1918
“Greater love hath no man than this.”
“Mewn anghof ni chânt fod
Wŷr y clêdd mawr eu glod”
1939 - 1945
Physical Description:
Marble tablet mounted on stone. The receiver for the tablet is constructed of stone blockwork.
The wall has been removed and the stonework matched to the depth of the wall.
The stone base of the memorial is independent of the original wall.
Tablet has curbed pediment at top and shelf and brackets at base.
Carved laurel wreath and garamond at top centre.
Gilded lettering and carvings.
Flat forward faces of tablet polished,
remainder left unpolished.
Wars Commemorated and People Remembered:
| First World War | |||
| Capt. | Ronald M. T. Rose Lloyd | York & Lanc Regt. | |
| Pte. | Herman Hill Jones | Australian Exped. Force | |
| " | William S. Roberts | New Zealand Exped. Force | |
| " | T. Ogwen Davies | Canadian Exped. Force | |
| " | W. George Parry | Denbighshire Yeomanry | |
| " | Caradog Jones | Royal Welsh Fusiliers | |
| " | Llewellyn Hulse | " " " | |
| " | Owen Roberts | " " " | |
| Gnr. | Isaac Hughes | Royal Field Artillery | |
| " | Robert Hughes | Royal Garrison Artillery | |
| Died: 10 | |||
| Exact count: Not known - probably 10 | |||
| Ordering: Rank | |||
| Information:Rank, Forename, Name, Unit (at time of death, not necessarily parent unit) | |||
| War: Second World War | |||
| Capt. | Charles J. C. Hindley | 25th Div. R.I.A.S.C. | |
| A.B. | Glyn Thomas | Royal Navy | |
| Gnr. | Robert Astley | Royal Artillery | |
| Died: 3 | |||
| Exact count: Not known - probably 3 | |||
| Ordering: Rank |
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| Information:Rank, Forename, Name, Unit (at time of death, not necessarily parent unit) | |||
Maintenance:
Readability: Good
Responsibility :Unknown
Maintenance: Condition good as of July 2006.
Ceremonies:
Remembrance Sunday each year.
Sponsorship:
Cost of Site: Unknown
Cost of Memorial: Unknown
Comment: N/a
Craftsmen:
Original probably carved and erected by Huw Morris, Monumental Mason, of Corwen,
Additional lettering (1939-1945 War) carved by John Evan Jones, Monumental Mason of Corwen, successor to Huw Morris.
Re-gilded June 2006 by Mr. Philip Roberts of Cynwyd.