Memorial

Llanover - WW1 and WW2

The Cross

Source: Copyright Stuart Stanton, Bangor University

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Current Location

Village Green., Tre Elidyr, Llanover, Monmouth, Gwent, NP7 9HB, Wales

SO 31157 08136

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Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 3590
Description: A memorial green, cottages, hall, cross and lime trees. The cross is of light iron and stands atop a three step base and a roughly hewn shaft. Behind is a quadrant with two, slate tablets to either side for the WW1 casualties, a brass plaque to the left bearing the WW2 names and a central tablet with an inscription in Welsh and English. The whole is situated in a semicircle of lime trees (one for each man killed in WW1, two added for WW2 casualties), with all their branches entwined.
Inscription: Central plaque: (inscription in Welsh)/ THIS CROSS IS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO ANSWERING THE CALL OF DUTY FELL/ IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR KING GIVING THEIR/ LIVES THAT THE COURSE OF JUSTICE & LIBERTY MIGHT/ PREVAIL ++ MAY IT REMIND THOSE WHO LOOK/ UPON IT THAT THEY TOO ARE SUMMONED DAILY/ BY DUTY TO LOYALTY AND SACRIFICE./ 1914-1918. (Last lines translate as: 'Gof i'r rhai at gwel/foddyledswydd yn eu gweisio hefyd/ yn y feunnyddid I ffydd londeb a hunan-aberth' Right and left plaques: (Names)

Maker(s): Alfred Powell, Designer
Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: The memorial grounds were fashioned by Lord Treowen (Ifor Herbert) in memory of his son Eilydr and the parishioners who fell in the War. Treowen was the grandson of Lady Llanover, sat as MP until resigning on his son's death (1917) and later played a large part in ensuring the Newport Civic Memorial included a Welsh inscription.
Maintenance History: Memorial and grounds are regularly maintained. Top lines of inscriptions slightly faded.