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English: The gravestone they tried to hide from the Nazis. It is said that this huge granite tombstone, marking the grave of William (Klondyke Bill) Jones and his family, was on moonlit nights, covered with sacking by the local Home Guard to stop it reflecting the light of the moon and thus providing Goering's Luftwaffe with a fixed landmark on their way to bomb Liverpool and Manchester. During the 1940-41 bombing campaign against these cities, bombers stationed in Brittany followed a course northwards over the Irish Sea, turning right when they saw the lights of Dublin and crossing eastwards towards Merseyside over Anglesey and Liverpool Bay. In ordering the covering of graves and the removal of sails from windmills, the Col. Blimps in charge of Home Defence credited the Luftwaffe pilots with extraordinary eyesight.
Interestingly, William Jones. later of Llwydiarth Fawr, had made a vast fortune building streets of houses in Liverpool, and had served as Mayor of Bootle.
http://www.anglesey.info/LlwydiarthFawr.htm 1394976 |
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