Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Glyndwr
- Town
- Llangollen
- County
- Clwyd
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17803
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Current location
At the junction of Bridge Street.
Castle Street
Llangollen
Glyndwr
Clwyd
LL20 8PB
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SJ 21513 42081
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Grey granite Celtic cross with Celtic carvings around the crossing, on a tapered shaft mounted on a battered plinth on a two step base. The Dedication is on the 6 o'clock face on which is carved a laurel wreath. The WW1 deaths for Llangollen are inscribed on the 3 and 6 o'clock faces, while the 9 o'clock fee carries the Llantysilio Names for both World Wars. The Llangollen WW2 Names are inscribed on a separate tablet of similar materials which is set to the right of the cross against a retaining wall for a small garden. The tablet resembles the 6 o'clock face of the cross - bearing a carved laurel wreath alongside the inscription. The incised inscriptions are gilded.
- Inscription
- On the shaft of the cross: Erected/ in Grateful Memory of/ the Men of/ Llangollen/ and Llantysilio Parish/ who laid down their lives/ in the Great War. Dedication on 6 o'clock face: 1914 1918/ They whom this Memorial Commemorates/ were numbered among those who at the/ call of King and Country left all that/ was dear to them, suffered hardship,/ faced danger and finally passed out/ of the sight of men by the path of duty/ and self sacrifice giving up their own/ lives that others might live in freedom./ Let those who come after see to it/ that their names be not forgotten. On the step below: "Live thou for Britain/ We for Britain died." 9 o'clock face: Llantysilio Parish/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names) On the step below: "There is life in death." 3 o'clock face: Their name/ Liveth for evermore./ Llangollen./ (Names) On the step below: "Mewn anghof ni chant fod." 12 o'clock face: Llangollen/ (Names) Separate WW2 tablet: 1939 - 1945/ (Names) On the step below: "On to the Light that nevermore shall fade."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ambrose, Richard
Andrews, Lloyd
Bond, Thomas Charles
Bradshaw, Edward
Candy, Alfred James
Carrington, Charles
Cholmondley, H A
Clutton, William
Cunliffe, Henry
Davies, Harold
See details for all 115 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 83
Served and returned: 0
Died: 83
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename.
Order of information: Surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 0
Died: 32
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Polished
- Cross
- Condition
- Llangollen War Memorial
- WMO ID: 154079
- Condition: Good [last updated on 21-11-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- For more images of the memorial site pre the 2017 move, see: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/154079.
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