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    Memorial

    Gorseinon and District

    Gorseinon and District

    Source: Copyright Mark Newton

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    Current Location

    St Catherine's Church, Alexandra Road, Gorseinon, Swansea, West Glamorgan, SA4 4NN, Wales

    OS Grid Reference

    SS 58660 98711

    Denomination

    Church in Wales

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    6613
    Description
    CELTIC CROSS ON PLINTH AND THREE STEPPED GRANITE BASE, INSCRIPTION ON SQUARE PANEL
    Inscription
    TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF / OVER ONE HUNDRED GALLANT MEN / OF GORSEINON AND DISTRICT / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / THEY DID THEIR DUTY NOBLY AND SACRIFICED / THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR HOMES AND COUNTRY / TELL BRITAIN, YE WHO MARK THIS MONUMENT / FAITHFUL, TO HER THEY FELL/ AND REST CONTENT/1939-1945
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Information shown
    0
    Maker(s)
    • GLENDINNING MOXHAM FRIBA, Architect

    Sponsor Type
    private
    Sponsored By
    THE GIFT OF MAJOR LEWIS, MR W R LEWIS AND MR T LEWIS

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    1 May 1922

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 3600MM

    Width: 1800MM

    Depth: 1800MM


    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    • Gorseinon Library
    • Herald News, 1923,Swansea Reference Library