Memorial

Llanidloes and District

Tablet

Source: Copyright Nathan Davies

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Current Location

Town Hall, Great Oak Street, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, Powys, SY18 6BN, Wales

SN 95463 84513

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 17428
Description: A vary large wall monument with base and pediment set in an arched recess on the outside of the town hall. The centre tablet is surrounded by elaborately decorated frame and border (further explained below) with engraved dedication and list of names (which are divided into three columns); the monument is flanked by WW2 slate tablets. Half way up each side of the monument is a small circular alcove containing a stone lion sculpture. The lions sit on decorative pilaster pillars decorated with relief carvings (on left, a trophy of arms and, on right, the prince of Wales feathers). The tablet is topped with a segmented curved pediment decorated with a shield with a lion (the borough crest) at the top centre.
Inscription: On decorative border: GWELL ANGEU NA CHY WILYDD/ On recessed tablet: TO THE BRAVE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ FROM THIS TOWN AND DISTRICT/ (NAMES)/ Trefeglwys/ (names)/ Llangurig/ (names)/ Llandinam/ (names)/ THIS MEMORIAL TABLET IS THE WORK AND GIFT OF ALDERMAN RICHARD JERMAN/ WHO WAS MAYOR OF THIS BOROUGH IN 1914, 1915 AND 1916.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 115
Died: 115
Information shown: Rank, first name and initials, surname, decorations.
Order of names: By town or village in the district, then by rank, then alphabetical by surname.

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 23
Died: 23
Information shown: Rank, first name and initials, surname, decorations.
Order of names: By town or village in the district, then by rank, then alphabetical by surname.