Memorial

Carmarthenshire

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Current Location

Carmarthenshire Infirmary, Priory Street, Carmarthen, Carmarthen, Dyfed, SA31 1NA, Wales

OS Grid Reference

SN 41648 20318

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 6809
Description: Bronze figure of a soldier standing at ease, bareheaded with rifle and bayonet fixed positioned atop a plinth and three stepped base. Inscription in black lettering on plinth.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face: TO THE/ IMMORTAL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ CARMARTHENSHIRE/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ MEWN ANGOF NI CHANT FOD 12 o'clock face: TO/ ONE THOUSAND NINE/ HUNDRED AND TEN/ NURSES AND OFFICERS/ AND MEN/ OF ALL RANKS/ FROM THIS COUNTY 3 o'clock face: ALSO/ TO THE SACRED/ MEMORY OF ALL/ THOSE FROM/ CARMARTHENSHIRE/ WHO FELL IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ CYFAREDD COF YW HIRAETH 9 o'clock face: REMEMBER THE FALLEN/ KOREA/ 1950-1954/ ER COF AM Y RHAI A GOLLWYD

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

War: Korean War (1950-1953)

History

Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: Cost of the most recent inscription for the Korean War was met by a private sponsor. Dedication ceremony for the Korean War inscription took place on 26 September 1999.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

4 September 1924

Col John Vaughn Cambell VC CMG DSO ADC

Dedicated

4 September 1926

Rededicated

26 September 1999

Canon R Thomas of St Peter's Church, Camarthen

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