Memorial
Gowerton School - WW2
Gowertonians
Source: Copyright Mark Newton
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Current Location
Gowerton School, Cecil Road, Gowerton, Lliw Valley, West Glamorgan, SA4 3DL, Wales
OS Grid Reference
SS 59236 95780
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 36904
- Description
- Nowy-headed plaque with raised school crest at top, set on a wooden backboard. All lettering is in white except the Welsh epitaph which is in black: crest is in colour.
- Inscription
- IN SACRED MEMORY OF THE GOWERTONIANS/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 AND WHOSE/ NAMES ARE INSCRIBED BELOW. THIS TABLET/ WAS ERECTED IN DEEP GRATITUDE BY/ PAST AND PRESENT PUPILS OF THIS SCHOOL/ (names in 2 columns)/ EU HAUL DRODD YN GYNNAR I'R GORWELL* * Translation - Their sun rose early
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 61
- Died
- 61
- Information shown
- surname, forenames
- Order of names
- surname THEN forename
- Custodian
- GOWERTON SCHOOL
Components
- Board
Made from: Wood
Condition: Good