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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cenotaph
- District
- Swansea
- Town
- Fforestfach
- County
- West Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 5 August 1922
Attended by: Briagdier General DOUGLAS CAMPBELL CB
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6612
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Current location
Camarthan Road A483
Fforestfach
Swansea
West Glamorgan
SA5 8HR
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SS 63238 95494
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- CENOTAPH RISES FROM CENTRE OF LOW CIRCULAR WALL. WW2 PLAQUES ARE ON WALL, WW1 ON CENOTAPH. WHOLE ON FOUR STEPPED BASE. LIONS HEAD ON EACH SIDE
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS/ DISTRICT WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ GWELL ANGEU NA CHYWILYDD (TABLETS IN WALL ON EITHER SIDE OF CENOTAPH): 1939-1945/ (NAMES) Unveiling Tablet- The Memorial Tablet was unveiled/29th July 1922, by/Brigadier-General Douglas Campbell CB/Sketty Hall, Swansea
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Andrews, Glyndwr L
Bevan, Samuel
Charles, John
Cridge, Robert
Cupwell, Walter
Davies, Daniel
Edwards, Philip S
Emmanuel, Jonah
Evans, David H
Evans, Luther J
See details for all 40 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 40
Served and returned: 0
Died: 40
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 54
Served and returned: 0
Died: 54
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Cenotaph
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Bath - Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Local
- Plaques
- Condition
- Fforestfach
- WMO ID: 116666
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 31-10-2013]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- WW2 Plaque on right side replaced with marble
- Costs
Site: £700
Memorial: £240- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- South Wales Daily Post, August 1921
- The Herald, 3 August 1922
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