Memorial: M6499

Wall tablet at St Trygarn’s Church, Llandrygarn, Anglesey commemorating Pierce Price Roberts d. 1917 in the loss of the ‘Portloe’

Location

St Trygarn's Church, Llandrygarn, Anglesey, Wales

Transcript

'To the glory of God / And in loving memory of / Captain Pierce Price Roberts / Of Rhyd Caradog in this parish / Torpedoed at sea during the Great War / April 20th 1917 Aged 52 years / Robert Pierce Roberts / Died January 3rd 1903, Aged 7 days / Jennie Roberts / Died June 12th 1918, Aged 22 years / Rowland Tindale Roberts / Died December 22nd 1926. Aged 26 years. / Erected by their dear wife and mother, Anne Roberts'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Materials: Marble
Vessel: Portloe

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Roberts, Pierce Price
Age: 52
Date of Death: 20/4/1917
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: W.E. Hinde & Co

Extra

Notes: 'Portloe' W.E. Hinde & Co., Cardiff sunk by 'U-17' in North Atlantic.

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters