Memorial

Cwmcarn And Pontywaun

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Current Location

Ivor St. John Street and Caradoc Street in an octagonal railed nclosure within a public open space, Garden of Remembrance, Caradoc Street, Cwmcarn, Islwyn, Gwent, NP11 7EG, Wales

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ST 22056 93498

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 3666
Description: Soldier wearing cap in mourning pose surmounting obelisk. Standing on 3 octagonal steps a small tapering rectangular pier of ashlar bears inlaid bronze plaques with a dedicatory inscription and names of the dead from WW1, WW2 and Northern Ireland. On top stands a life-size bronze figure of a soldier in uniform with a reversed upright rifle
Inscription: 12 o'clock face: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN EVERLASTING/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF CWMCARN AND/ PONTYWAUN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914 – 1918./ (WW 1 Names)/ 6 o'clock face: (WW1 Names)/ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR/ HIS FRIEND.”/ S. JOHN XV. 13./ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY/ THE INHABITANTS OF THIS DISTRICT/ AND UNVEILED BY/ MAJOR SIR JOHN WYNDHAM BEYNON. BART./ MARCH 5TH 1922./ PRESIDENT OF COMMITTEE COUNCILLOR A. E. MEREDITH./ CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE J. RICHARDS./ TREASURER OF COMMITTEE D. EVANS./ SECRETARY OF COMMITTEE F. CHARLOTTE. / 3 o'clock face: 1939 - 1945/ (WW2 Names)/ POST WAR OPERATIONS/ (Northern Ireland Name)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 80
Died: 80
Information shown: Rank, initials, surname, decorations, unit
Order of names: Rank, surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 23
Died: 23
Information shown: Rank, initials, surname, unit/service
Order of names: Surname

War: Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Initial, surname, unit, conflict and date of death

History

Maker(s): Gaffin and Co, Manufacturer

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