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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Monmouth
- Town
- Abergavenny
- County
- Gwent
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1924
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17564
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Current location
KING HENRY VIII SCHOOL
Hereford Rd
Abergavenny
Monmouth
Gwent
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SO 299 154
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Elaborate wall monument with base and pediment, flanked by two pilastres. Two furled and crossed flags in relief above inscription together with fleur de lys.
- Inscription
- ALL MEN MUST DIE/ IT'S ONLY GIVEN TO THE FEW/ TO DIE FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MASTERS AND OLD BOYS OF KING HENRY VIII'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL/ ABERGAVENNY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ "THEIR NAMES LIVE FOR EVERMORE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bailey, C G
Bates, E G H
Bowcott, A D
Bowcott, C O
Briscoe, W
Busher, D J B
Carey, G
Carr, L H
Clark, T
Cooper, L G
See details for all 34 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 34
Served and returned: 0
Died: 34
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Alabaster - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Frame
- Condition
- King Henry VIII School Roll of Honour
- WMO ID: 208991
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 05-05-2017]
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- History
- 1963: MEMORIAL MOVED FROM OLD KING HENRY VIII GRAMMAR SCHOOL TO THE NEW ONE
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Responsibility
- SCHOOL AND OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION
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