Bangor is y Coed War Memorial

Wales Flintshire  Bangor is y Coed War Memorial

The village of Bangor is y Coed is a village in the ancient district of Maelor, on the banks of the River Dee in the the County Borough of Wrexham in Wales.

The War Memorial is a circular column of Woolton red sandstone crowned with a figure representing mourning and set in a semi-circular stone bend. It was designed by the Liverpool sculptor, Herbert Tyson Smith and was dedicated on Sunday 24 May 1925.

Inside the church are further personal memorial plaques:
 * Placed by the former rector Rev. R. J. B. and Mrs. Paterson Morgan in grateful remembrance of the 23 Bangor men who fell in the War.
 * From Mr. Oliver Ormrod of Pickhill Hall, to the memory of three of his sons, a great loss, Lt. Col. Lionel James Ormrod, 12 Royal Lancers; Captain Oliver Hugh Hugh Ormrod, R.F.A. and R.F.C.; and Captain Lawrence Moreland Ormrod, M.C., Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
 * To the memory of Roger Mansell William Fenwick, the younger son of Mrs. Fenwick, Plas Fron and the late Captain Fenwick, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
 * To the memory of Major Guy Winwood Gossage, the husband of Mrs. Gossage, Gerwyn Hall.
 * To the memory of Major Frank Stuart Lloyd, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, the fifth son of Mr Frank Lloyd of Eton House.

Sources:
 * Bangor is y Coed War Memorial
 * Commonwealth War Graves Commission
 * WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
 * 1901 Census