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Llangunllo

The Llangunllo war memorial column is made of Portland stone and has a inverted sword carved onto its front face. The column stands on a three stepped base and stands at the roadside in the centre of the village.  Llangunllo is a small rural village in mid Wales 9 miles west of the border with England.

The Llangunllo War Memorial Association was set up to restore the village war memorial in the 1990's. Conservation work was required on the memorial including repairs, cleaning, refurbishment of the name plaque and re-application of the gold leaf on the sword. Weathering had damaged the memorial and it was covered with a deep rooted fungus. The memorial plaque had been defaced and the lettering was unreadable. 

In addition the area around the memorial required works. Changes to the road around the memorial meant it had become susceptible to water damage as the road level had been raised to level with the memorial and as such water splashed onto the column which was particularly damaging to the stone in winter when salt laid to protect against frost ended up on the memorial. The memorial was also surrounded by metal railings to prevent cattle straying onto it. These had deteriorated with rust and need to be replaced. War Memorials Trust gave them £250 towards the project.

The land upon which the memorial stands was donated by Mr W. S. Bryan of Crungoed farm and local subscription raised £215 18s 7d to fund the construction of the memorial. Mr Shrimpton, a local architect, designed the memorial with the Bishop of Swansea leading the dedication ceremony on 25th November 1922.

The memorial programme from the 1922 ceremony records the names of the fallen and the name of the house they came from as does the detail on the memorial itself.

The inscription on the memorial reads:

In the Glory of God
and the Memory of the brave men 
of this Parish who lost their lives
in the Great War
1914 - 1918
Rest in peace

Bomb. William Deakins, M. M. Rock Villa
L/Cpl. Robert Deakins           Rock Villa
Cpl. John Pryce Lloyd           The Village
Pte. David Isiah Lloyd          The Village
Driver Edward Poole             Pyecorner
Cpl. Arthur Price                 Brook Cottage
Pte. Joseph Watson            Crungoed Cottage

1939 - 1945

Gnr. George Reynolds Old Vicarage

Of these men the Lloyd brothers were killed on the same day, 25th September 1915 in different theatres. Driver Poole has emigrated to Australia in 1913 but returned to Europe with the Australian Field Artillery and died on 8th October 1917 in Belgium.

Further information

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM2529
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 3587

Formerly OWM36

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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