Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Rhymney Valley
- Town
- Machen
- County
- Mid Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 12 February 1921
Attended by: Lord Tredegar - Rededicated
Date: 10 June 2011
Attended by: Reverend Peter Crocker, Byron Evans, Anne Beecham - Unveiled
Date: 12 February 1921
Attended by: Lord Tredegar - Show More (2)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6766
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Current location
North side of A468 at the bottom of a grassed slope that rises up to the churchyard of St John's Church
Commercial Rd
Machen
Rhymney Valley
Mid Glamorgan
CF83 8SA
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 21304 89181
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Celtic cross with knotwork and a tapering shaft surmounting a square plinth and five steps. The lettering is in black on two sides of the plinth and the whole is surrounded by a low brick wall, railings, and metal gates.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (Names) 3 o'clock face: 1939-1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Banfield, J
Beach, R W
Credgington, R
Cross, M G
Daley, C
Darby, W E C A
Davies, D J
Deverrine, P G
Evans, F H S
Everson, L
See details for all 49 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 19
Served and returned: 0
Died: 19
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename initials, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 29
Served and returned: 0
Died: 29
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename initials, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick - Cross
Measurements: height 1981 mm, width 305 mm
Materials: Granite - Cornish - Plinth
Measurements: height 610 mm, width 1219 mm
Materials: Granite - Cornish - Fence/ Railing
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Steps
Measurements: height 792 mm, width 2255 mm
Materials: Granite - Cornish
- Wall
- Condition
- Costs
Site: £600
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Western Mail, 19 February 1921 - Account of unveiling
- South Wales Argus, 14 February 1992
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