Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Anglesey
Town
Holyhead
County
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
83799

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Current location

St. David's Chapel
St. Cybi's Church
Stanley Street
Holyhead
Anglesey
Gwynedd
LL65 1HG
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SH 24714 82620
Denomination: Church in Wales

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Previous locations
  • St Seiriol's Church
    Porth-Y-Felin Road
    Holyhead
    Anglesey
    Gwynedd
    Wales

    OS Grid Ref: SH 24414 82661
    Denomination: Church in Wales
Description
Holyhead in the Great War A stained glass East Window by Messrs Kempe & So, London, has been placed in St. Seiriol's Church to the memory of all those from this parish who have fallen in the war. A brass tablet [sic- should be plaque] has been placed in the Church in connection with the window containing the names of the fallen. The cost of the window was £447 and the tablet, which is the work of Messrs. Wippell & Co., London, cost £190. The church was found to be structurally unsound in the 1980s and demolished in 1992. This brass tablet is reported to be in St. Cybi's Church
Inscription
LEST WE FORGET/ROLL OF HONOUR / OF THOSE FROM THE PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 - 18 / THE EAST WINDOW IN THIS CHURCH IS A MEMORIAL OF THEIR (unreadable in the available image) / (names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Gwynedd Archaeological Trust: archwilio.org.uk/arch/query/page.php?watprn=GAT71694
  • Holyhead and the Great War Commemorative Second Edition by Robert Edward Roberts Published by Holyhead Maritime Museum Holyhead in the Great War A stained glass East Window by Messrs Kempe & So, London, has been placed in St. Seiriol's Church to the memory of all those from this parish who have fallen in the war. A brass tablet has been placed in the Church in connection with the window containing the names of the fallen. The cost of the window was £447 and the tablet, which is the work of Messrs. Wippell & Co., London, cost £190. The church was found to be structurally unsound in the 1980s and demolished in 1992.

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