War Memorials in Anglesey
War Memorials on Anglesey in North Wales – The lasting tributes to our brave men and women that gave up their lives for Freedom.
Anglesey, Holyhead War Memorial
As with most villages and towns in the United Kingdom, on Anglesey we have erected memorials to the brave men and women who gave their lives in two world wars. Many war memorials are to be found in the village and town squares or greens, others on a plaque – or a window – in the churches or the chapels.
Some memorials are to individuals belonging to the Anglesey Gentry, and are quite elaborate, e.g. the Town Clock at Llangefni, dedicated to a life lost in the Boer War. There is a spectacular individual memorial in Llansadwrn Churchyard, again to a life lost during the Boer War, which I find amazing.
As with the rest of Great Britain during the great war and WWII, Anglesey gave up its youth to defend the right of freedom in the face of oppression, and because Anglesey has such a merchant naval tradition we also lost older men and women of ages that would not normally serve in the Forces. Many did not return, and these cold concrete or marble memorials are all that is left of their memory. We see these memorials in the towns, we see them in the villages, and we see them in the chapels and the churches, and I will, because I have photographed many Church and Chapel memorials, put high resolution images on the relevant village or town memorial pages.
Lives of Anglesey men and women were snuffed out in far off lands, like so many candles extinguished, proof that war is such a disgraceful and evil waste of life. Husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters, all with their futures stolen from them.
There are personal tragedies, such as the three Thomas brothers of Brynddu, Llanfechell. And the fallen were not restricted just to the working classes, Major R.G.Williams Bulkeley M.C. Welsh Guards, remembered on the Beaumaris memorial, wais a member of one of the premier families of Anglesey.
To their eternal memory, I would like to add their names and other details, in loving memory of these men, women, boys and girls who “gave their tomorrows for our todays”. So proudly they marched off in their ignorance of the carnage and horror that lay ahead. God bless them all.
Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf (Llanfair M.E.) is, like most villages on Anglesey in North Wales in a very rural location, and does not have its’ own war Memorial. In the Churchyard there is one young man – Edward Griffith Evans – remembered on the grave of his sisters,
Llanfachraeth is a village on the Island of Anglesey in North Wales. The War Memorials are located in the village hall, and cover Llanfachraeth, Llanfaethlu, Llanfwrog and Llanynghenedl. I have presented a little more information about the casualties in the table below, and I have added casualties
And as the war memorial looked before years of diesel fumes: Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll is on the Island of Anglesey in North Wales. It is famous as having the longest place name in the world. Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll – because it is spread over a fairly large area –
Llaneugrad does not have a war memorial of its’ own as it is in quite a rural area with a low population. The Death Plaque – or Dead Mans Penny – was given to the next of kin of the fallen during World War One. I have
Llanerchymedd is on the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales. Despite being in a rural location, the town itself is and was quite populous (in Anglesey terms). The War Memorial is located to the edge of the town. If you have any photographs or stories of any
Llandrygarn is on the Island of Anglesey in North Wales, and being quite a rural area has no major war memorial. I found one memorial in the local Church, and I have told the story behind the plaque below. The S.S. Portloe was a steam cargo ship,
In Llandegfan on the Island of Anglesey in North Wales, the fallen of two world wars are remembered on a memorial outside the Parish Hall, and also inside St Tegfan’s Church. I don’t know the significance of the bomb near the Parish Hall, perhaps someone can email
Llanddaniel War Memorial on the Island of Anglesey in North Wales is located just outside the gate leading into Saint Deiniol’s Church and Churchyard.
Llanbeulan is in a very rural location on the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales. The village does not have a War Memorial of its own, but Richard Lewis a Private in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers was sent home from the war either badly wounded or injured,
Most of the memorials on graves that I find in churches and chapels are to men and women who have died in the World Wars in foreign lands and are remembered on family gravestones. Others are where servicemen have been wounded or contracted a disease abroad and
