Memorial

Llansamlet

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Current Location

Primrose Park, Bethel Road, Llansamlet, Swansea, West Glamorgan, SA7 9BH, Wales

SS 69661 97513

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Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 36953
Description: Polished Granite Column with Lead Lettering
Inscription: 6 o'clock face: 1914-1918/ERECTED/BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/TO THE/ SACRED MEMORY OF/ THOSE BRAVE MEN FROM LLANSAMLET/ WHO DURING THE/ GREAT WAR/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/"BUONT FEIRW ER I/NI GAEL BYW"/1939-1945//UNVEILED BY COL. D WATTS MORGAN/MP CBE DSO/JANUARY 7 1922/….. Face 2: FRANCE/ [51 WW1 names] Face 2 on the step:[2 WW1 names] Face 3: [22 WW1 names who died elsewhere]/1939-1945/[26 names to Howells + Stock] Face 4: 1939-1945/[47 names Hughes onwards]

Unveiled

7 January 1922

Lieutenant Colonel D WATTS MORGAN MP CBE DSO

Column

Height: C 3740MM

Width: 2570MM

Depth: 2570MM

Made from: Granite

Condition: Unknown