- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 17788
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED BRASS PLAQUE WITH ORNATE WOODEN SURROUND WHICH IS PITCHED AT THE TOP IN WHICH IS A GILT PAINTED CROSS. BENETAH THE CROSS IS AN INSCRIPTION IN WELSH AND A CURVED, GILT ARCH IN THE FORM OF A LATTICE WINDOW, AT THE CENTRE OF WHICH IS A RELIEF OF A DOVE CARRYING AN OLIVE BRANCH. THE BORDER TO EITHER SIDE OF PLAQUE IS A CARVED RELIEF OF ROSES AND LEAVES (THE ROSES ARE GILT-PAINTED) AND AT TOP AND BASE OF THE SIDE RELIEFS ARE BRASS RELIEFS OF ZODIAC-LIKE SIGNS: AT THE TOP LEFT AND RIGHT ARE RAMS, THE BOTTOM LEFT IS A CRAB AND BOTTOM RIGHT ARE SCALES. BASE BORDER BEARS A RELIEF OF FISH APPEARING FROM THE SEA. THE PLAQUE ITSELF IS IN BRASS WITHE COMMEMORATION ABOVE THE NAMES, WHICH ARE IN A SINGLE COLUMN. ALL LETTERING IS IN BLACK APART FROM INFILL LETTERING AND THE NORTHERN IRELAND ENTRY WHICH ARE IN WHITE.
- Inscription
- Above the plaque - GWELL ANGEU NA CHYWILYDD* (* BETTER AN ANGER THAN A SHAME)
Top of Plaque - TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY/ PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS AT/ LLANGEDWYN/ IN LOVING & GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF OUR BRAVE MEN WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18/ (NAMES)/ KILLED IN NORTHERN IRELAND/ (NAME)