Memorial

Abertillery

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Current Location

Junction of Somerset Street and Queen Street, Somerset Street, Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, Gwent, NP13 1DR, Wales

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SO 21976 03748

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 3598
Description: Statue of servicemen with helmet raised and rifle in the other hand. On the 9, 12, and 3 o'clock faces of the plinth are the WW1 names on rectangular plaques set into the stonework. On the base are rectangular plaques on the same faces with WW2 names. The whole is set on a paved area with surrounding grass and flower beds.
Inscription: 12 o'clock face: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE/ ABERTILLERY MEN WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MEN THAN/ THIS. THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS/ LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS./ JOHN 15. XIII 9 o'clock face: 1914-1918/ (Names) 9 o'clock base: THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED/ BY/ FIELD-MARSHALL THE VISCOUNT ALLENBY/ G.C.B., G.C.M.G.,/ ON THE/ 1ST DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD/ 1926. Below: THE TABLETS INCLUDING THE ADDED NAMES OF THOSE WHO FELL/ IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR, 1939-1945 WERE UNVEILED BY THE/ RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD RAGLAN,/ HER MAJESTY'S LORD-LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH./ ON THE 7TH DAY OF NOVEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1954. 12 o'clock face: (Names) 12 o'clock base: THIS TABLET WAS AFFIXED TO THE MEMORIAL ON THE 7th/ DAY OF NOVEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1954 IN/ MEMORY OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE ABERTILLERY URBAN/ DISTRICT WHO FELL IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939-45/ (Names)/ "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM" 3 o'clock face: (Names) 3 o'clock base: 1939/45 (Names) AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. (Line breaks not known)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 461
Died: 461
Information shown: Surname, regiment, decorations
Order of names: Regiment and surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 158
Died: 158
Information shown: Surname, regiment, decorations
Order of names: Regiment and surname

Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Surname

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