Memorial

Mountain Ash Town And District

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Dyffryn Road, Mountain Ash, Cynon Valley, Mid Glamorgan, CF45 4AQ, Wales

ST 04423 99812

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Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 6777
Description: Cenotaph with reliefs and inscriptions on all four sides. The reliefs depict a soldier, a sailor, an airman and a nurse. The memorial is surmounted by a bronze sculpture of a robed female figure striding forward with a naked man falling at her feet. In her upraised left hand, the female figure holds the stem of what was originally a palm of victory. In her right hand is the hilt of a now-vanished sword.
Inscription: 12 o'clock face: THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1918/ SONS OF THIS TOWN/ AND DISTRICT,/ LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID:/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE/ ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD./ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST/ ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP./ 3 o'clock face: "FOR IN THEIR PASSING/ THEY HAVE CONQUERED DEATH,/ AND THROUGH THE YEARS SHALL/ SHINE THEIR UNDIMMED YOUTH,/ WHOSE DAUNTLESS COURAGE/ WAS THE LIVING BREATH/ OF FREEDOM AND OF CHIVALRY/ AND TRUTH."/ 6 o'clock face: TO THE GLORIOUS DEAD/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE/ ERECTED BY/ THE WORKMEN AND OFFICIALS OF/ MESSRS NIXON’S WORKMEN’S INSTITUTE/ MOUNTAIN ASH/ WHITSUNTIDE 1922/ THE SITE OF THIS MEMORIAL WAS GENEROUSLY GIVEN/ BY LORD AND LADY ABERDARE./ 9 o'clock face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ REMEMBER WITH HONOUR/ THOSE OF THIS TOWN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ WORLD WAR II. 1939 – 45/ EU HENWAU BYTH A GOFIR. (Translation: Their names will be remembered forever.)

Maker(s): James Havard Thomas, Sculptor
RT. HON HENRY CAMPBELL VD DL JP, Sponsor
Mr James Dune, Sculptor
Maintenance History: 2010: Replacement bronze panels made. Arranged by Rhondda Cynon Taf and the Royal British Legion. Date Unknown: planned restoration works to refurbish the memorial which was vandalised The four bronze panels were stolen in October 2008. They were later reproduced, unveiling and Re dedication took place May 23rd 2010 c2006: Refurbished