The aim of this section is to remember the men and women of the County of Ceredigion, in West Wales, who gave their lives during both World War 1 and World War 2.
This site is mostly geared up toward men who fought in the Great War, due to the tremendous amount of research material available, but the men of World War II are not forgotten, being also remembered on this website, and more information will be added as it becomes available. These men are harder to research, as their Service Records are not yet available to the general public, so this will be an ongoing project.
The site will be built up as time and research allows, and as much information as is available will be written on each man, along with any available photos of the men, their graves or the cemeteries that are they lie in. As well as showing biographies of the fallen who are commemorated on each War Memorials, details will also be added about any and men who are not listed on them, but who have ties to that Town or Village, and they will be highlighted as such. The information that will be available on the website may well be just a fraction of what is available, as information comes from many sources; namely the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Soldier’s Died, newspaper archives, etc. I am always grateful for any information or photos that anyone can send in of any of the men on their local War Memorials, as it can be used to build up the biographies of the fallen. Also, please feel free to contact me if you have any enquiries about anyone on the site, as I may well have more information than is possible to add to the site.
To give some idea of the loss of life in both World Wars, over 16 million people were killed in the Great War. On the first day of the Battle of the Somme alone (on 1 July 1916) over 60,000 casualties were incurred by the British and Allied forces (Made up of around 19,000 dead, and the remainder wounded or missing).
During the Second World War, the number of people killed throughout the world was estimated at over 55 million. This stupefying figure includes the mass German slaughters of millions of Russian people and the near extinction of the Jewish Race in Europe.
Estimated Casualty Figures For The County
Over 1,100 men from the old County of Cardiganshire fell during the Great War of 1914-1918, and over 500 men and women fell during World War Two. These heroes are commemorated on War Memorials which are scattered all over the county, ranging from names on parents graves, single plaques in Chapels and Churches to Cenotaphs, such as the ones at Cardigan, Lampeter and Aberystwyth. Research is currently on-going to build this website, and so any additional information is most welcome.
To see details of each war memorial, simply click the relevant link below:
Aberaeron Secondary School War Memorial
Aberbanc (Capel y Drindod) War Memorial
Aberystwyth (Alexandra Road School) Memorial
Aberystwyth (Bethel Chapel) War Memorial
Aberystwyth County School War Memorial
Aberystwyth (Eglwys y Santes Fair) War Memorial
Aberystwyth Football Club War Memorial
Aberystwyth (Holy Trinity Church) War Memorial
Aberystwyth (Morfa Chapel) War Memorial
Aberystwyth Police Station War Memorial
Aberystwyth Post Office War Memorial
Aberystwyth (Shiloh Chapel) War Memorial
Aberystwyth (Skinner Street School) War Memorial
Aberystwyth (St David’s Church) War Memorial
Aberystwyth (St Michaels Church) War Memorial
Aberystwyth (St Paul’s Chapel) War Memorial
Aberystwyth (Tabernacl Chapel) War Memorial
Aberystwyth University War Memorial
Borth (Gerlan Methodist Church) Memorial
Borth (St. Matthew’s Church) War Memorial
Bow Street (Capel Noddfa) Memorial
Bow Street (Capel-y-Garn) Memorial
Bow Street (Rhydypennau) Memorial
Capel Bangor (Goginan) War Memorial
Cardigan (Bethania Chapel) War Memorial
Cardigan Secondary School War Memorial
Cardigan Bay Wellington X MF698 Crash
Cross Inn and Llanllwchaiarn War Memorial
Goginan (Jezreel Chapel) Memorial
Henllan (Eglwys Dewi Sant) Memorial
Lampeter (St David’s College) Memorial
Llandyfriog (12th Divisional Train) Memorial
Llandyfriog (Bryngwenith Chapel) Memorial
Llandygwydd School War Memorial
Llandyssul (Capel y Graig) War Memorial
Llandyssul County School Memorial
Llandyssul (Pren Gwyn Chapel) Memorial
Llanfair Clydogau War Memorial
Llanfihangel y Creuddyn (A Thankful Village?)
Llangeitho (Penuwch Chapel) Memorial
Llangynfelyn School War Memorial
Llangynllo (Bwlchygroes Chapel ) Memorial
Llangynllo (Coedybryn School) Memorial
Llechryd Council School War Memorial
Pennant (Bethania Methodist Chapel) Memorial
Pennant Calvinistic Methodist Chapel Memorial
Pennant (Pontsaeson Methodist Chapel) Memorial
Pennant (St. Padarn’s) Church War Memorial
Penrhiwllan (Gwernllwyn Chapel) War Memorial
Ponterwyd and Ystumtuen War Memorial
Ponthirwaun Chapel War Memorial
Pontrhydfendigaid War Memorial
Rhydowen (Rhydlewis) Chapel War Memorial
Sarnau (Glynarthen School) War Memorial
Tregaron County School War Memorial