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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 1922
Attended by:

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

3682

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Current location

The chancel
St Mark's Church
Gold Tops
Newport
Newport
Gwent
NP20 4PF
Wales

OS Grid Ref: ST 30626 88337
Denomination: Church in Wales

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Description

Oaken choir stalls with associated white marble tablet mounted on a black stone backboard. The tablet is ornamented with a Latin cross within a wreath in the upper left corner and the inscription is in black lettering.

Inscription

A. M. D. G (Translation: Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam = To the Greater Glory of God)/ THE CHOIR STALLS IN THIS CHANCEL/ ARE PLACED TO THE HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE FOLLOWING SONS/ OF THE PARISH OF ST MARK'S NEWPORT/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/(Names)/ ERECTED BY PARISHIONERS 1922./ I. ROBERTS, M. A., VICAR/ A. C. MITCHELL/ T. M. PROSSER/ CH. WARDENS

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Charles, R E
Duckham, M
Duckham, S
Gabb, A
Geen, W
Hendy, G
Hill, A
Howells, C
Jones, A T
Jones, H
See details for all 26 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Surname

Components

Choir stalls
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White

Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

Ray Westlake, First World War Graves and Memorials in Gwent, vol. 1 (Barnsley: Wharncliffe Books, 2001), pp. 141-2

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