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
- 6753
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Current location
Rear wall of upper floor assembly hall
Twyn School
East View
Caerffili/Caerphilly
Rhymney Valley
Mid Glamorgan
CF83 1LH
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 15880 86890
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Very elaborate tablet with pediment. Decorated with heraldic carvings and surmounted by a crown. Inscriptions in gold, black and red lettering.
- Inscription
- CAERPHILLY TYWN SCHOOL/ IN PROUD & HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE OLD BOYS/ WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)/ 1914 1918/ "Dros ryddid collasant eu cwaed"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bell, John
Brimble, Fk
Cope, John S
Gabe, May'nd
Green, J'eph
Hardacre, W
Moses, Nich
Rigsbey, Jos
Saunders, A
Saunders, S
See details for all 11 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Tablet
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Twyn School
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