Great War memorial arch appeal (UK)
A public appeal has begun to raise £100,000 to save a monument to honour servicemen who died in World War I.
The Memorial Arch, a well-known landmark near Bangor university, features the names of 8,500 men from Gwynedd who died in the Great War.
Built in 1923 the arch needs £155,000 of refurbishments to bring it up to scratch and £47,000 has been donated by the Welsh Assembly Government already.
One of those named on the monument is Trawsfynydd poet Hedd Wyn.
"There is an incredible feeling when you walk into the monument and are faced with tall, six to seven foot (2m) panels, with all the names of those who died," said Llio Wyn Richards, a fund-raising officer at the University of Bangor, which looks after the arch.
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The Memorial Arch, a well-known landmark near Bangor university, features the names of 8,500 men from Gwynedd who died in the Great War.
Built in 1923 the arch needs £155,000 of refurbishments to bring it up to scratch and £47,000 has been donated by the Welsh Assembly Government already.
One of those named on the monument is Trawsfynydd poet Hedd Wyn.
"There is an incredible feeling when you walk into the monument and are faced with tall, six to seven foot (2m) panels, with all the names of those who died," said Llio Wyn Richards, a fund-raising officer at the University of Bangor, which looks after the arch.