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    Memorial

    Aberdare

    Aberdare Cenotaph

    Source: Copyright Darren Rees

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    Current Location

    Junction of Victoria Square and Cardiff Street, Victoria Square, Aberdare, Cynon Valley, Mid Glamorgan, CF44 7LA, Wales

    OS Grid Reference

    SO 00321 02580

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    Type of Memorial
    Cenotaph
    WMR Reference Number
    17689
    Description
    Cenotaph surmounting tapering pillar with stepped capital, on wide stepped base. Inscription in gilt lettering in Welsh and English. Wreath on one side. There is a separate granite tablet at the base to a Falklands casualty.
    Inscription
    THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVER MORE New Tablet- In Memory Of/L. Cpl/PHILLIP/ANTHONY/SWEET/Killed in Action Falkland Islands/June 8th 1982/R.I.P.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    War
    Falklands Conflict (1982)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    surname, forenames, rank, manner of death, date of death
    Costs
    £1,200

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    1922

    UNKNOWN

    Components

    Cenotaph

    Height: 6000mm


    Made from: Granite - Dalbeattie


    Condition: Good


    Tablet

    Made from: Granite - Red


    Condition: Good


    • Aberdare Leader 23rd September 1922, p3