A Celebration of 
Wilfred Owen's Legacy
Supported by

"Lights Out Trefonen" is a local community group initially formed in 2013 to deliver an event to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One. The group was responsible for raising money to have a new memorial cross designed and erected on the pit mound in Trefonen in honour of the thirty one locals who lost their lives during as a consequence of the war.

Throughout the World War One Centenary Commemorations, "Lights Out Trefonen" delivered a series of events including, music concerts, drama, film, exhibitions, talks and re-enactments. The group has also, with the support of the local P3 group created a series of four footpath trails that will hopefully act as a lasting legacy and fitting commemoration to the sacrifices of our forbears. The trails take you past the houses where those who went to war lived, with a descriptive blue plaque either on the house or close by.

Lights Out Trefonen has also created a database of those killed and this can be found on the website www.trefonen.org ​where more information about the impact of World War 1 had on Oswestry and surrounding communities.
Chris Woods co-ordinator of the group has also written a book accompanying this subject and was also instrumental in getting the Wilfred Owen Statue in Cae Glas Park, Oswestry commissioned and organised the Wilfred Owen Festivals in Oswestry in 2018 and 2025 and is leading on the Wilfred Owen Festival 2027.

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