Memorial
Men of Moelfre - WW2
Setting
Source: Copyright Susan Eldridge
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Current Location
Opposite the small, beachside car park, facing the sea, Moelfre, Anglesey, Gwynedd, LL72 8HL, Wales
OS Grid Reference
SH 51254 86277
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Lamp or lighting
- WMR Reference Number
- 7055
- Description
- Street lighting with dedicatory stone in the shape of a headstone on a base. The dedication is written in incised black painted lettering in Welsh above and below an English translation of the top commemoration.
- Inscription
- RHYFEL/ 1939 - 1945/ COLEUW YD FFYRDD YR ARDAL/ HON ER COF AM EIN DEWRION A/ FUN YMDRECHU I CADW COLEU/ ADAU CWAREIDDIAD YN CYNNAU/ AE SYDD YN AWR YN'G NCWLAD/ Y BYTHOL DDYDD/ OUR STREET LIGHTING WAS INS/ - TALLED AS A MEMORIAL TO THE/ MEN OF THIS DISTRICT WHO MADE/ THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE/ 1939 - 1945 WAR ERFYNIWN NAD AR FEINI, YR ERYS/ ARWRIAETH DYN INNI,/ GWEL Y DA A GWYLIA DI/ I GAEL YNO'R GOLEUNI./ R.W. [Translation - We pray that it is not on stones that man's heroism remains for us; see the good and keep watch, to find the light there. R.W.]
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Components
- Tablet
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 131834
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