Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Town
- Merthyr Tydfil
- County
- Mid Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6772
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Current location
On display at "Servants Corridor"
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Brecon Road
Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil
Mid Glamorgan
CF47 8PA
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SO 04175 07332
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Cyfarthfa School
Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil
Mid Glamorgan
Wales
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Cyfarthfa School
- Description
- Very elaborate bronze plaque with figures of soldier and sailor on each side, a shrouded Mary is holding Christ after he has been taken down from the cross. Inscription below with, below that, a freize in relief of a horsed artillery team, jousting knights and a naval ship under steam.
- Inscription
- (Names) / GWELL ANGAU NA CHYWILYDD/ THIS MEMORIAL/ IS ERECTED IN GRATEFUL AND/ AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE OLD BOYS OF/ THIS SCHOOL, WHO IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ GAVE UP THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ NOMEN FORUM VIVIT IN/ GENERATIONEM ET GENERATIONEM/ ECLLI XLIV 14/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bailey, Arnold
Baker, Everard
Braddick, Joseph
Davies, David I
Davies, Rev
Evans, J Gilbert
Evans, Maldwyn
Evans, R Douglas
Evans, Richard E
Evans, Thomas R
See details for all 31 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 31
Served and returned: 0
Died: 31
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment, decorations
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Memorial
- Condition
- History
- Out of storage and on display as of 2013. Still in storage as of 2005 at the museum.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Cyfartha Museum
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