Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rhymney Valley
- Town
- Caerffili/Caerphilly
- County
- Mid Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6747
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Current location
On the wall of the Military Chapel
St Martin's Church
St Martin's Road
Caerffili/Caerphilly
Rhymney Valley
Mid Glamorgan
CF83 1EF
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 15534 86507
Denomination: Church in Wales
- Description
- Rectangular brass plaque on a black marble slab surmounted by 4 flagstaffs and flags: Union, White Ensign, RAF and Welsh Dragon.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ PARISHIONERS OF CAERPHILLY WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)/ "Gwell angau na chywilydd." (Translation: Better death than dishonour.)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Arthur, T E
Balsom, E H
Bird, A
Boughton, W J
Bowen, T F
Bradfield, W J
Brimble, F
Brooks, R
Budd, J H
Burrows, A B
See details for all 156 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 156
Served and returned: 0
Died: 156
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank. surname, decoration
Order of information: rank, surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Church
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