Memorial

Monmouth School - WW1

The Cross

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Current Location

In the school grounds, Haberdashers' Monmouth (Boys) School, Almshouse Street, Monmouth, Monmouth, Gwent, NP25 3XP, Wales

SO 51030 12785

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 65593
Description: Cross on a pillar which itself stands upon a two stage plinth mounted on three steps. The names are inscribed on the four sides of the lower plinth (with three additional names on the face of the top step) and the dedicatory inscription on the upper plinth.
Inscription: Upper plinth - In/ memory/ of Old Boys/ of Monmouth/ Grammar School/ who/ gave their lives/ in the Great War,/ 1914-1919. IN MEMORIAM 1914-1919/ OLD MONMOTHIANS KILLED IN WORLD WAR I/ (1914/ (Name)/ 1915/ (Names)/ 1916/ (Names)/ 1917/ (Names)/ 1918/ (Names)/ 1919/ (Names)/ SERVE AND OBEY

Unveiled

1 October 1921

RELATIVES/FRIENDS OF THE FALLEN

Cross

Made from: Granite - Cornish

Condition: Good

Pillar

Made from: Granite - Cornish

Condition: Good

Base

Made from: Granite - Cornish

Condition: Good