Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Rhymney Valley
- Town
- Aberbargoed
- County
- Mid Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Korean War (1950-1953)
- Ceremony
- Unknown
Date: 10 November 1991
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Rededicated
Date: 10th November 1991
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Show More (1)
- Unknown
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6726
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Current location
The memorial is located at the junction of Commercial Street and Angel Way.
Commercial Street (A4049)
Aberbargoed
Rhymney Valley
Mid Glamorgan
CF81 9BU
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SO 15524 00090
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A double vehicle gate with adjacent single pedestrian gate. Two large oval plaques on the vehicle gates carry the main dedicatory inscription. A bronze plaque to the "THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS" was added to the pedestrian gate in November 1997. The names of the fallen appear on metal plaques affixed to the three stone gateposts. Each gatepost has a carved wreath at the top and supports a spherical light. The gates lead to a memorial garden.
- Inscription
- Left-hand side gatepost - Upper plaque: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ 1950 - 1953/ Korea/ (Name)/ Lower plaque: ROLL OF HONOUR / (WW 1 Names)/ Left-hand side vehicle gate: IN/ GLORIOVS/ MEMORY/ OF THOSE/ Right-hand side vehicle gate: WHO/ FELL IN/ THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-18/ Middle gatepost - Upper plaque: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ Lower plaque: ROLL OF HONOUR / (WW1 Names)/ Pedestrian gate: "Y DYN NA FU ERIOED"/ I gydnabod gwasanaethau/ i'r/ ymdrech rhyfel gynghreiriol/ gan/ GLYNDWR MICHAEL / o Aberbargod/ 4 Chwefror 1909 – 24 Ebrill 1943/ "THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS"/ In recognition of services/ to the allied war effort/ by/ GLYNDWR MICHAEL / of Aberbargoed/ 4 February 1909 – 24 April 1943/ Right-hand side gatepost - Upper plaque: BARGOED TOWN COUNCIL/ THIS QUIET GARDEN WAS LAID/ IN MEMORY OF THE ABERBARGOED FALLEN/ OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ (1939 – 1945)/ AND OTHER SUCH PERSONS KILLED IN ACTION/ SERVING THEIR COUNTRY/ IN OTHER CONFLICTS SINCE THAT TIME./ DATED THIS ARMISTICE SUNDAY/ 10th NOVEMBER 1991/ F. R. SMITH (MAYOR)/ R. G. HANCOX (CLERK)/Lower plaque: ROLL OF HONOUR/ (WW1 Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, H
Bateman, J
Bengough, Donald
Brain, F
Brain, William Thomas
Brain, W S
Bready, W
Bright, L
Brown, W
Bywater, H
See details for all 106 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 83
Served and returned: 0
Died: 83
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, initials, surname.
Order of information: Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename/initials, surname
Order of information: Undefined - Korean War (1950-1953)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, initials, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gate posts
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Gates
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wrought Iron
- Gate posts
- Condition
- Aberbargoed
- WMO ID: 164457
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 08-06-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- The original memorial has been altered to incorporate the names of the men of the town who died during WW2. The two smaller name plaques have been placed above those of the Great War. The third smaller plaque (right-hand side post) indicates that the memorial was re-dedicated on the 10 November 1991. The brass plaque for "THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS" was added in November 1997.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Caerphilly County Borough Council
- Reference
- Ray Westlake, First World War Graves and Memorials in Gwent, volume 1 (Wharncliffe Books, 2001), pp. 7-8
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