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Rhosneigr

Rhosneigr war memorial is a clock tower approximately 8-9 metres high. It is composed of a number of materials such as limestone, slate rubble, brick and a hardwood door. This choice of materials is probably reflective of its seaside location, and exposure to the elements. As the memorial is a clock tower, the interior houses the mechanisms for the clock’s functions, and has a clock face on each side of the tower.

The clock tower centrally located in ‘The Square’ on the junction of the A4080 (Station Road) and Glan Y Mor Road.

In 2009 War Memorials Trust offered a grant of £2,500 towards a schedule of repairs which included: re-pointing of stonework in hydraulic lime mortar to make the structure watertight, as well as re-sealing the clock covers as they were also allowing water into the structure, the repair of fixings, and work to the interior of the memorial to improve the safety for carrying out maintenance of the clocks interior mechanisms.

This memorial is a civic clock tower which is believed to have been built c. 1922 by John Smith & Sons of Derby to commemorate those from Rhosneigr who were killed in World War I; a subsequent plaque was added after World War II commemorating those who were killed. It is currently maintained by part of the same group which produced it in the 1920s.

Among those commemorated who were killed in World War I are:

L. Cpl. W. Fred. Hahn,
Manchester Regt.
Lieut. Robert Th. M. Downie, 1916
Highland L. Inf.
Henry Gerald Walker
2nd K. O. Y. L. I.
Surgeon Godfrey A. Walker
R. N.
Pte. William J. Williams
17th R. W. F.
Lieut. Richd Glyn Lloyd, M.C.
9th K. Liverpools.
Pte. William J. Roberts, 1917
7th R. W.F.
Tho. J. Williams 
8th South Staff’s.
William Roberts
Aust Imp. Force.
Robert Fair
14th Royal Warwicks
John Pritchard
7th R. W. F.
Vincent A. Holdsworth
4th Essex Regt.
John R. Jones
19th R. W. F.
Sergt Wm. Haselden Gate
S. African Mechanic.
Pte. Griffith Owen, 1918
4th R. W. F.
Lieut. Reginald A. F. Downie
Queens O. Cameron Hors.
Capt. Arthur Lloyd Jones M.C.
14th R. W. F.
Gunner Rowland Williams
R. F. A.
Pte. Robert Davies
10th Notts & Derby Regt.

Nid diwerth eu haberth hwy
meini ydynt mewn adwy. Meirionfab
(Priceless their sacrifice; and still
as boulders set, the breach they fill)

The inscription on the World War Two plaque reads:

Erected
in memory of the fallen
of this Parish in the
World War 1939-45
Arthur John Owen, 1941.
Chief Officer M. Navy.
Owen Jones, 1941.
Merchant Navy.
Arthur Price Owen, 1941.
Royal Marines.
Robert Goronwy Owen, 1942.
Master Mariner, M. Navy.
Thos. Richard Roberts, 1943.
Pte, 1st Batt. R.W.F.
Owen Henry Owen, 1944.
Major, 1st. Batt R.W.F.
Ernest T. Perry, 1944.
Pte. Royal Corps of Signals/
Griffith H. Griffiths, 1944.
Cdsman, Welsh Guards.
Frederick O. O. Taylor, 1945.
L.A.C., R.A.F.

They died that we may live.

Buont farw er mwyn i ni gael by w.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM2711
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 17398

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

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