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    Memorial

    Guest, Keen And Nettlefolds Ltd (Cwmbran Colliery)

    Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds Ltd (GKN) – Cwmbran Colliery – First World War Memorial

    Source: Copyright Jazmine Denton

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    Current Location

    Group of GKN memorials East of the clubhouse, near the South East corner of the bowling green, Cwmbran Park Bowls Club, Cocker Avenue Leisure Park, Henllys Way, Cwmbran, Torfaen, Gwent, NP44 3NL, Wales

    OS Grid Reference

    ST 28848 94460

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    17555
    Description
    Bronze plaque mounted on a wall with names in raised lettering and a palm leaf above. In a group of GKN memorials mounted on a wall behind the Cwmbran Memorial Cross (see #13333, #17553, #17554 and #17555)
    Inscription
    IN EVER GRATEFUL RECOGNITION / OF THE SPLENDID PATRIOTISM AND HEROIC / SELF SACRIFICE OF THE EMPLOYEES OF / GUEST, KEEN AND NETTLEFOLDS LTD / (CWMBRAN COLLIERY) / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING / AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. / (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    84
    Died
    84
    Information shown
    surname, initials
    Order of names
    surname
    Sponsor Type
    corporate
    Maintenance History
    1999: CROSS WAS COMPLETELY RESTORED AND ADDED TO A SMALL MEMORIAL COMPLEX, WITH RELOCATED ORIGINAL BRONZE PANELS FROM THE VARIOUS SITES OF INSET PANELS FROM THE FIRM OF GUEST, KEEN AND NETTLEFOLDS LTD ALSO DISPLAYED IN THE WALL OF THE ENCLOSURE.

    Ceremonies

    Rededicated

    6 June 1999

    SIR RICHARD HANBURY-TENISON KCVO

    Rededicated

    6 June 1999

    DOUG HENDERSON MP

    Previous Location(s)

    • GKN Ltd Colliery, Cwmbran New Town, Torfaen, Gwent, Wales

    Year of move

    1999

    Reason for move

    COLLIERY DEMOLISHED

    Components

    Plaque

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    • Cwmbran First World War Memorials https://timwolversonphotos.wordpress.com/2014/07/30/cwmbran-first-world-war-memorials/ The History and Origins of First World World Memorials in Cwmbran, South Wales Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds Ltd (GKN) – Cwmbran Colliery – First World War Memorial