It's marking a link which saw Holyhead play host to Dutch sailors at the start of the first world war.

The soldiers came to the town after escaping the Nazi advance in 1940

The commemoration will see a Dutch Navy ship sail in to Holyhead harbour and a flypast by RAF jets.

Isaac Kenyon

August 15, 2020

This is the start point of a tough cycle route from Holyhead to Cardiff. find out more here: cycle.travel/route/lon_las_cymru

Neil Sneade

August 23, 2024

Memorial to commemorate the ships of the Dutch Navy that escaped when the Nazis occupied Holland and were subsequently based at Holyhead during WW2.

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