Memorial

Tongwynlais

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Current Location

St Michael and All Angels Church, Merthyr Road, Tongwynlais, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF15 7LF, Wales

OS Grid Reference

ST 13325 82183

Denomination

Church in Wales

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 13443
Description: Four rectangular inscribed marble panels with a rectangular inscription at the top and surrounded by a backboard stone frame. Along the bottom is an altar ledge with three stone panels underneath with inscriptions.
Inscription: Main tablet: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE / SACRIFICES MADE BY THE UNDERMENTIONED MEMBERS OF THIS / CHURCH AND RESIDENTS OF TONGWYNLAIS WHO SERVED IN / HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-18 / (NAMES) // WW1 TABLET, Lower centre: THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED BY / MRS. LEWIS OF GREENMEADOW / AND DEDICATED BY THE / VENERABLE ARCHDEACON OF LLANDAFF / O SUNDAY JULY 20TH 1919 / HENRY WILLIAMS, VICAR / J. OWAIN JONES, CURATE // WW2 tablet, lower left: 1939-1945 / THE SUPREME / (NAMES) // WW2 tablet, lower right: WORLD WAR II / SACRIFICE OF / (NAMES)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 180
Served: 148
Died: 32
Information shown: Died, Rank, Forenames initials, Surname, Medals/Honours, Military Unit/Regiment, Year died
Order of names: Died, Rank, Forenames initials, Surname, Medals/Honours, Military Unit/Regiment, Year died

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 13
Died: 13
Information shown: Forenames, Surname
Order of names: Forenames, Surname

History

Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: Colonel Henry Lewis, OBE.
Maintenance History: Lettering on the tablet was retouched.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

20 July 1919

Mrs Lewis of Greenmeadow;

Dedicated

20 July 1919

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