Memorial

Holyhead District

Holyhead District War Memorial

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OPPOSITE VICTORIA TERRACE, Victoria Square, Holyhead, Anglesey, Gwynedd, LL65 1UT, Wales

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SH 24677 82313

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 2031
Description: Cenotaph on two stepped base. Added tablets on narrow sides of base record names of fallen of WW2 and Falklands. Broad sides have Welsh and English inscriptions in bronze lettering. Relief of soldier and sailor on left and right faces Victoria Cross paving stone, name on memorial but not identified as a Holder of the V.C. Sword of sacrifice and name panels on front face
Inscription: GWRONIAID Y / RYHFEL MAWR / 1914 - 1918 CYFODWYD Y GOLOFN HON GAN / DRIGOLION CAERGYBI ER COF AM / Y RHAI A FU FARW DROS RYDDID / CYFIAWNDER A GWAREIDDIAD EU HENWAU A BERY O GENHEDLAETH / I GENHEDLAETH HEROES OF THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED / BY THE INHABITANTS OF HOLYHEAD / IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED / FOR LIBERTY RIGHTEOUSNESS / AND CIVILIZATION / THEIR NAMES SHALL ENDURE THROUGHOUT / ALL GENERATIONS (names on two faces, two panels each) 1939 - 1945 (names on two panels) FALKLANDS CONFLICT/ 1982/ (Name) IN MEMORYOF WELSH GUARDSMAN / KILLED IN ACTION FALKLAND ISLANDS 1982 / (name and regiment) On paving below, two VC paving stones. Y CAPTEN / JOHN FOX RUSSELL / CORFFLU MEDDYGOL / BRENHINOL Y FYDDIN / 6ED TACHWEDD 1917 CAPTAIN / JOHN FOX RUSSELL / ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS / 6TH NOVEMBER 1917 Small plaque CAPT. JOHN FOX RUSSELL V.C: M.C: R.A.M.C. / CAPT. HENRY T. FOX RUSSELL M.C: R.A.F. / BRIG. GEN. GERALD E. HOLAND C.B: C.M.G: C.I.E: D.S.O. / ORDRE DE LEOPOLD: ORDER OF ST. MAURICE & SST. LAZARUS: CROIX DE GUERRE / CAPTAIN ADJ. ALEXANDER W. MACKAY M.C: R.FUS. / MAJ. ROBERT C. MANNING D.S.: M.C: LEGN. OF HONR: R.E.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 219
Died: 219
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, service / ship / district
Order of names: service / ship / district, surname, initial

War: First World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 66
Died: 66
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, ship
Order of names: ship, surname, initial

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
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