Memorial

Glamorgan Yeomanry

Glamorgan Yeomanry Obelisk

Source: Copyright Cath Rhodes

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Current Location

West side of A48 Cardiff Cowbridge Road, St. Hilary Down, Cowbridge, Vale Of Glamorgan, South Glamorgan, C71 7DR, Wales

ST 01617 73971

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Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 6722
Description: Obelisk with inset inscription panels. Glamorgan Yeomanry Crest on front face.
Inscription: TO THE/ IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THOSE/ OFFICERS, N.C.O.S & MEN/ OF THE/ GLAMORGAN YEOMANRY/ WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR BATTLE HONOURS/ EGYPT 1916 - 1917/ GAZA JERUSALEM/ JERICHO TELL ASUR/ 1917 - 1918/ PURSUIT TO MONS/ FRANCE AND FLANDERS/ SOMME AND BAPAUME/ 1918

Obelisk

Height: 12000MM

Width: 2700MM

Depth: 2700MM

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Illustrated London News - Saturday 11 November 1922 SCIENCE JOTTINGS (photograph) AN INSPIRING LANDMARK FOR SOUTH WALES: THE NEWLY UNVEILED GLAMORGAN YEOMANRY WAR MEMORIAL ON STALLING DOWN. The Glamorgan Yeomanry War Memorial was unveiled on November 1 by the Earl of Plymouth, and dedicated by the Bishop Llandaff. The obelisk stands on Stalling Down, a high moor near Cowbridge, and is visible far and wide. Over the tablet bearing the inscription is the regimental crest. Photograph by E. Aubrey Roberts.