Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Anglesey
- Town
- Gaerwen
- County
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 3rd June 1922
Attended by: Unveiled by two maimed local ex-service men. - Dedicated
Date: Saturday 3 June 1922
Attended by: Rev. R Hughes-Williams - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24449
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Current location
JUNCTION OF A5 and Lon Craig
across the road in front of the Llythyrdy Gaerwen Post Office.
Holyhead Road (A5)
Gaerwen
Anglesey
Gwynedd
LL60 6DA
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SH 48016 71949
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Small tapered plinth surmounted by tall shaft and Celtic Cross. Inscription in black lettering on the front face of the shaft and plinth. Whole stands on a raised area and is enclosed by gates and chains
- Inscription
- ER COF AM/ FECHGYN ANNWYL/ O'R ARDAL A ROES/ EU BYWYD DROS EU/ GWLAD YR/ Y RHYFEL MAWR/ 1914 - 1918./ (NAMES AND ADDRESSES)/ TROS RYDDED/ COLLASANT EU GWAED/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Hughes, Thomas Arthur
Jones, Albert
Jones, Evan Lewis
Jones, Henry
Jones, Hugh
Jones, William Alun
Lloyd, Arthur
Owen, Robert
Parry, James
Parry, John
See details for all 21 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,forename, surname, additional
Order of information: rank, surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Condition
- Gaerwen War Memorial
- WMO ID: 131845
- Condition: Good [last updated on 12-02-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Anglesey Info: www.anglesey.info/gaerwen-war-memorials/
- Gwynedd Archaeological Trust: archwilio.org.uk/arch/query/page.php?watprn=GAT66761
- Anglesey memorials, Liverpool Daily Post, Monday 05 June 1922.
- Carnarvon and Denbighshire Herald, Friday 9 June 1922.
- Charity Commission for England and Wales, War Memorial, Gaerwen
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