Western Mail Monday 23/11/1925 printed a lengthy report of the unveiling of the memorial, which commenced:
'SPLENDID RECORD. POLICE SERVICE IN THE WAR. A GLAMORGAN MEMORIAL UNVEILED. Hundreds of people thronged the entrance to the headquarters of the Glamorgan County Police in Cowbridge-road, Cardiff, on Sunday afternoon, when the unveiling ceremony of a memorial commemorating the 58 members of the force who fought and fell in the Great War was performed by Lieut. Col. Sir Rhys Williams, Bart., D.S.O., K.C., chairman of the standing joint committee of the Glamorgan County Council, chairman of the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions, and Recorder of Cardiff. The memorial, which takes the form of an obelisk mounted on a vertical base, is set upon three steps, the whole being carried out in Portland stone. The obelisk is rectangular in shape, and stands 9ft. high from the public footway. On the front is a bronze tablet, upon which the names of the 58 fallen members of the force are cast. The designer was Mr. L. Rees, the surveyor of the Glamorgan County Police-stations. A guard of honour was supplied by the 6th Welch Regiment, in command of Lieut. W.N. Lewis. The band of the Glamorgan Heavy Brigade (R.A.), under Bandmaster T. J. O'Leary. was in attendance, by permission of the commanding officer, Major A. P. Carey-Thomas, T.D. In an impressive address Sir Rhys said for 40 years his father had been closely connected with the Glamorgan Police Force, and for the past twenty years he himself had been closely associated with them. When he looked back upon the work which that police force had done, in times of peace, it was with great pride. In times of war the record gained by that force had been a splendid one. Out of an authorised strength of 701 men, 403 served with the colours; 27 joined the Grenadier Guards, 68 the Welsh Guards, 63 the Welch Regiment, 59 the Royal Artillery, and the remainder were spread amongst other fighting regiments. Advancement in rank was earned by 193 men, showing that they served loyally and well. One member of the force became a colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, one a major, one a captain, sixteen lieutenants, three cadets, fifteen sergeant-majors, two quartermaster-sergeants, 59 sergeants, 53 corporals, and 40 lance-corporals. That they fought bravely was proved by the number of rewards granted to them. One member of the force gained the D.S.O., two the M.C. (one with bar), four the D.C.M., fifteen the M.M., four the Meritorious Medal, three the French medal (Croix-de-Guerre), and eleven were mentioned in dispatches. A glorious record for 400 men to have earned.. There were 129 members wounded (some three and even four times), and 58 gave up their lives for the county they loved in that greatest of all wars that Great Britain has ever had, to keep for the Empire her greatest possession—her freedom. It was in deep gratitude of the sacrifice that their comrades had made that those who had survived had erected that memorial which he was truly proud to unveil. Capt. Lionel Lindsay handed over the memorial to Sir T. Mansel Franklin, who, accepting it on behalf of the Glamorgan County Council, said that he was proud to accept the custody of [the] memorial on behalf of the police authority. It had been erected by the members of the Glamorgan Constabulary at their own expense to record the lasting memory of their comrades. They were all friends of the police, and the people of Glamorgan knew that their police force would always do its duty. Sir Thomas added that all the names on the memorial were recorded on a tablet in the county hall. Amongst those prevent were:...' [The report then concluded by listing the main dignitaries and Police officers present].
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