Memorial

Llaneugrad and Llanallgo Cross

Commemoration and WW1 Names

Source: Copyright John Hendry

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Current Location

Set in a prominent location on an open green, B5110, Marian Glas, Anglesey, Gwynedd, LL73 8PA, Wales

SH 50520 84490

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 87542
Description: A wheel cross set atop a tapered, square column, plinth, four step base, all set in a paved area with a metal fence separating it from the surrounding common. Below the cross is a garland, carved into the shaft: the base of the shaft carries the dates. The name panels are slate and inlaid into the sides of the plinth: WW1 Names are beneath the main commemoration, there is a separate panel for the Merchant Navy in WW1 and also for WW2.
Inscription: On the column, above the WW1 Name Plate - Y/ Rhyfsl Mawr/ 1914-1918 WW1 Name Plate - Godwyo y gofed hon can dricolion/ plwyfi Llanallgo a Llaneugrad/ er cof serchog am y rhai a cwympooo/ o'r llynges/ [Names]/ o'r fyddin/ [Names]/ "eu haberth nid a heibid-a'u henwau/ annwyl nid a'n ango"* * Translation - Let this memory be remembered by the hundred residents/ parishes of Llanallgo and Llaneugrad/ in loving memory of those who fell/ from the navy/ [Names]/ from the army/ [Names]/ "their sacrifice will not be forgotten-and their names/ beloved will not be forgotten" Merchant Navy Plate - hefyd collwyd o longau masnach**/ [Names} ** Translation - also lost from merchant ships WW2 Name Plate: Collwyd***/ 1939-1945/ [Names] *** Was Lost - Enlightened