Conwy has been involved in military conflict for over two thousand
years. The Iron Age hillfort of Caer Seion defended the area from
the sixth century BC. Many slingshot stones have been discovered
here, attesting to troubled times. In 881 the Welsh defeated an
Anglo-Saxon army led by Aethelred of Mercia. The most spectacular
outcome of Conwy’s strategic military significance at the mouth
of the River Conwy was Edward I’s mighty castle, creating a
walled town. In 1399 Richard II sought refuge in Conwy Castle
against the future Henry IV’s forces and the castle was besieged
again during the English Civil War by Parliamentary forces. An army
camp was established at Morfa in the nineteenth century, becoming
home to the Salford Pals and the Royal Engineers in World War 1 and
a Polish resettlement camp after the First World War. During the
First World War, the sulphur mine at Caer Coch was the country’s
largest producer of sulphur, vital for munitions. Conwy also played
a vital role in World War 2 as Mulberry Harbours, crucial for the
Normandy landings were initially designed and then assembled here,
and Ratcliffe Engineering built parts for Beaufighter and Halifax
aircraft. The town was also a centre of prisoner of war camps in
the area and despite some accounts of conflict between townsfolk
and prisoners, relations were generally harmonious and some
ex-prisoners married and settled in the area after the war. This
book will be of interest to all those who would like to know more
about Conwy’s remarkable military history.
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