Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Cardiff
- Town
- Cardiff
- County
- South Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- F Osborne and Co. Ltd (Manufacturer)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 3 November 1921
Attended by: C E DOVEY
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14153
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Current location
In storage at the site
British Gas
Callaghan Square Offices
Penarth Road
Cardiff
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF10 5BT
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 18351 75745
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- On wall at the headquarters of Wales Gas Corporation
Helmont House
Churchill Way
Cardiff
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 180 760
Denomination: Undefined - Company's offices
Bute Terrace
Cardiff
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
Wales
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- On wall at the headquarters of Wales Gas Corporation
- Description
- Crossed wreath, anchor, rifle and sword at top. Pillars with base and pediment at each side.
- Inscription
- 1914-1918 / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE / CARDIFF GAS LIGHT & COKE COY. / IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING / EMPLOYEES WHO MADE THE SUPREME / SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barnes, C
Blacknell, W
Burge, T W J
Coan, S
Cousins, S
Eade, C
Fry, E
Harris, C
Jennings, H
Marshall, F R
See details for all 18 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- Condition
- Cardiff Gas Light and Coke Company
- WMO ID: 109668
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 14-04-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- c2011: Continued storage of memorial as walls at Callaghan Square offices are too thin to support the weight of the plaque. Suitable position in building still sought. c2009: Relocated with company offices and stored at Callaghan Square site until a suitable position is found.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Our website 6673 www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.6673/fromUkniwmSearch/1
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