Memorial

Llanfaelog Parish Clock Tower

Rhosneigr War Memorial Clock Tower (2019)

Source: Copyright Martin Briscoe

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Current Location

Junction of Ffordd Maelog, A480 and Station Road, Rhosneigr, Anglesey, Gwynedd, LL64 5JX, Wales

SH 31873 73129

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Type of Memorial: Clock or clock tower
WMR Reference Number: 17398
Description: MEMORIAL CLOCK TOWER. CLOCK FACE ON EACH OF FOUR SIDES. MADE OF GRANITE AND LIMESTONE ASHLAR MASONRY. COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES TO FALLEN OF WW1 AND WW2.
Inscription: ERECTED / IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN / OF THIS PARISH IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / (27 names) / NID DIWERTH EU HABERTH HWY / MEINI YDYNT MEWN ADWY. MEIRIONFAB / (PRICELESS THEIR SACRIFICE: AND STILL / AS BOULDERS, THE BREACH THEY FILL) 'Erected in Memory of the Fallen of this Parish in the Great War 1914-1918' followed by 27 names with underneath 'Nid diwerth eu haberth hwy meini ydynt mewn adwy. Meirion Fab (Priceless their sacrifice: and still as boulders set, the breach they fill) - Note: this poetic inscription from 'Meirion Fab' is open to interpretation. 18 of the named men are also on the memorial at Llanfaelog (St. Meulog Church). 'Meirion Fab' is the bardic name of Richard Davies, the local postmaster and grocer during the 1940's.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 27
Died: 27
Information shown: rank, forename, surname, decorations, date of death, regiment
Order of names: date of death

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 6
Died: 6
Information shown: forename, surname, rank and regiment, year of death
Order of names: Chronologically
Additional Information: Bilingual inscription 'They died that we might live' - 'Buont farw er mwyn i nin cael byw'