Cofebau rhyfel Swyddfa'r Post, Bangor

Y tu mewn i hen adeiladau Swyddfa'r Post Cyffredinol (ger llyfrgell a gorsaf fysiau Bangor) mae cofeb i staff Adran Beirianneg Swyddfa'r Post leol a fu farw yn yr Ail Ryfel Byd. Mae’r gofeb i ddynion lleol o Swyddfa’r Post a fu farw yn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf bellach yn swyddfa ddidoli’r Post Brenhinol 1982 yn Euston Road (llun uchaf).

Photo of Bangor post office WW1 memorialCofnodir y rhan fwyaf, ond nid pob un, o'r rhai a fu farw yn Llyfr Coffa'r GPO (General Post Office). I ddarganfod pwy oedden nhw, dewiswch gategori isod. 

Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf

Ail Ryfel Byd

Agorwyd Swyddfa Bost fawr newydd Bangor ac Adeiladau’r Llywodraeth ar 1 Tachwedd 1909 ar gornel Ffordd Gwynedd a Ffordd Deiniol. Hwn oedd y cyfleuster mwyaf o'i fath yng Ngogledd Cymru ar y pryd.

Photo of Bangor post office WW2 memorialRoedd yr angen am y cyfleuster mawr newydd yn adlewyrchu’r twf ym mhoblogaeth Bangor, a ysgogwyd yn rhannol gan agoriad y brifysgol, a defnydd cynyddol o wasanaethau’r GPO. Yn ardal post Bangor yng nghanol y 1860au roedd yna dim ond dau bostmon, wyth aelod o staff dan do (gan gynnwys clerc telegraff) a negesydd telegraff. Erbyn 1909 roedd cyfanswm o tua 80 o staff, gan gynnwys 18 postmon yn y ddinas (heb gynnwys y cyrion gwledig), 10 clerc telegraff a naw negesydd, pob un â beic.

Ar ôl i'r rhyfel ddechrau bum mlynedd yn ddiweddarach, ymunodd llawer o'r staff â'r lluoedd arfog.

Nid oedd un o’r gweithwyr a gafodd ei goffáu ar blac yr Ail Ryfel Byd yn y lluoedd arfog, ond roedd yn un o feirw sifil y rhyfel. Roedd John Lewis, 48 oed, yn un o dri o bobol gafodd eu lladd pan laniodd bom Almaenig ar Faesgeirchen.

Gyda diolch i Bridget Geoghegan

Cod post: LL57 1DT    Gweld map y lleoliad

 

 

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  • Bellis, John, Sapper 126603. Died 25/02/ 1919 aged 21. Royal Engineers. Buried Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.2, France. Son of Mathew and Ellen Bellis, of Llanberis. Also commemorated on Llanberis war memorial. Was a talented player of the harmonium (small foot-powered organ).
  • Griffiths, RD.
  • Hughes, John Idwal, Sapper 126633. Died of dysentery 26/11/1917 aged 20. Royal Engineers. Buried Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania. Son of Robert and Jane Hughes of Deanfield, and earlier 40 Penchwintan Road. Was an assistant postman.
  • Jones, Hugh Gwilym, Rifleman 4377. Died 10/04/1916 aged 25. London Regiment (Post Office Rifles). Buried Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France. Son of Robert and Margaret Jones of Railway Terrace, Corwen. Born in Corwen. Also commemorated on Corwen war memorial. Extra page icon
  • Jones, Hugh Norman, Sapper 62976. Died 29/11/1917 aged 23.  Royal Engineers. Buried Merville Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son Hugh and Annie Jones of 41 Orme Road, Bangor. Worked as a clerk in Bangor post office.
  • Mulholland, D. Gunner. Was on home leave in March 1917.
  • Roberts, WJ. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
  • Rowthorne, William Ewart, Rifleman 306884. Died of wounds 10/04/ 1917 aged 31. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). Buried Euston Road Cemetery, France. Son of Mrs Eliza Rowthorn of Bron Eryri, 14 Regent Street, Bangor.
  • Williams, Jesse, Sapper 78147. Died of sickness 12/03/1918 aged 25. Royal Engineers Signal Company, Cable Section. Son of Robert and Margaret Williams of Stanley House, Moelfre. Buried Llanallgo Churchyard, Anglesey. Also commemorated on Moelfre war memorial.
  • Thomas, Daniel, Gunner 171923. Died 09/06/1918 aged 41. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Marfaux British Cemetery, France. Husband of Gayney M Thomas of Pros Kairon, Gaerwen, Anglesey.
  • Williams, Samuel Marshall, Sapper 181935. Died 13/10/1918 aged 22. Royal Engineers. Buried Tehran War Cemetery. Son of William and Catherine Ellen Williams, of 65 Orme Rd, Bangor.
  • Williams, HR. Manchester Regiment.
 

 

Second World War - Post Office Engineering Department

  • Davies, John Elwyn, Flight Sergeant 1522965. Died 01/01/1945 aged 21. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 500 Sqdn. Buried at Padua War Cemetery. Son of John and Mary A Davies, of Bangor.
  • Golding, Roland, Flight Sergeant Roland Golding 1481558. Died 16/03/1944 aged 30. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Buried Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany. Son of Roland and Nellie Golding; husband of Phyllis Margaret Golding of Coed Mawr, Caernarvonshire.
  • Jones, Arthur Tysilio Jones, Signalman 2313458. Died 07/07/1940 aged 34. Royal Corps of Signals. Son of Owen and Margaret Jones; husband of Dorothy Ada Jones. Buried Perranzabuloe (St Piran) churchyard, Cornwall. Commemorated on family headstone at Ynys St Tysilio (Church Island) in Menai Bridge.
  • Lewis, John, Civilian. Died 24/10/1941 aged 48. Buried Bangor City Cemetery. Lived at 13 Penrhyn Avenue. Died at home when a Luftwaffe bomb landed on Maesgeirchen. The explosion also killed Ann Roberts, 61, and John Charles Walters, 30, at Penrhyn Avenue.