Memorial

Briton Ferry

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A474 Neath Road, Briton Ferry, Lliw Valley, West Glamorgan, SA11 2BX, Wales

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SS 74299 94462

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 6609
Description: Three-step base surmounted by plinth with soldier in service cap, with head bowed and rifle reversed. At base of plinth on the 12 o'clock face a sculpted trophy with a gun and an empty scabbard crossed within a laurel wreath with ribbons; on the 6 o'clock face a sculpted trophy with a laurel wreath with ribbons resting on an anchor flanked by a chart, rope and telescope. WW1 names inscribed in black lettering on the 3, 6 and 9 o'clock faces of plinth, with WW2 names on bronze plaques at base of plinth on the same faces. A bronze plaque on top step on the 12 o'clock face bears the name of a soldier lost in Afghanistan. Memorial stands on elevated platform reached by 14 steps flanked by rusticated Portland stone pilasters that frame tablets bearing the dates of the two World Wars - 1914 / 1919 and 1939 / 1945 - and surmounted by Portland stone balustrading with moulded balusters, caps and coping. Area surrounding the monument paved with blue Forest of Dean stone and enclosed on three sides by a rock-faced masonry retaining wall with blue Forest of Dean moulded coping.
Inscription: 12 o'clock face: BRITON-FERRY/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE GALLANT MEN OF THIS TOWN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919./ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"/ 1945 - / (Name)/ 3 o'clock face: (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ 6 o'clock face: (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ 9 o'clock face: (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 117
Died: 117
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment/service
Order of names: Regiment/service, surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 71
Died: 71
Information shown: Surname, initials, ranks, regiment, service

War: Afghanistan (2001-2014)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surnames, date of death

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