Memorial

St Athan, Flemingstone, Gilestone And Eglwys Brewis

St Athan, Flemingstone, Gilestone And Eglwys Bresis

Source: Copyright Mark Newton

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Current Location

St Athan, Vale Of Glamorgan, South Glamorgan, CF62 4HU, Wales

ST 01779 67570

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Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 17704
Description: BROAD PILLAR CAPPED BY AN ORB. ON THREE STEPPED BASE SURROUNDED BY RAILINGS. NAMES WITHIN OVAL RECESS FLANKED BY PILASTERS
Inscription: THIS MEMORIAL/ WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHES OF/ ST ATHAN, FLEMINGSTONE, GILESTONE/ AND EGLWYS BREWIS./ (IN GRATEFUL MEMORY?) OF THE MEN WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914 - 1918/ (Names) 1939 - 1945/ (Names) Y GWIR / YN ERBYN / Y BYD [ TRUTH / AGAINST / THE WORLD]

Maintenance History: A conservation project was undertaken in 2006 to replace the railings surrounding the memorial and clean the stonework. War Memorials Trust contributed £1,260 towards the project.; In 2013 War Memorials Trust offered a grant of £550 towards repointing of the memorial and plastic repairs to areas of stone using a lime mortar. The old mortar was raked out using hand tools and the lime mortar was colour matched to the stone.

Pillar

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

War Memorials Trust Bulletin No.60 pp.1,3 Published:War Memorials Trust London Colour photograph of memorial which had previously received a grant from the WMT Small Grants Scheme.