Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Newport
- Town
- Bassaleg
- County
- Gwent
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Gilbert Bayes RBS (Sculptor)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1924
Attended by: Lord Tredegar - Dedicated
Date: 1924
Attended by: Rev A G Picton MC - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3599
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Current location
St Basils Church
Caerphilly Road
Bassaleg
Newport
Gwent
NP10 8LE
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 27707 87050
Denomination: Church in Wales
- Description
- Lych Gate to the Church. heraldic figure fo St George above gate. Bronze name panels.
- Inscription
- (On Gate) TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF DUFFRYN GRAIG AND ROGERSTONE/ THEY WERE AS A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY 1 SAMUEL CHXXV V16/ 1914 - 1918 (Plaque 1) IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF DUFFRYN, CRAIG AND ROGERSTONE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO WORLD WARS/ 1914 - 1918/ (Names) (Plaque 2) 1914 - 1918/ (Names) 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Arkinstall, James
Aylesbury, Hj
Bailey, Jim
Barton, Garrod H
Basham, Angus
Beeston, Arthur
Beeston, Fred W
Berry, Albert E
Berry, Wilfred
Berry, Winston S
See details for all 108 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 79
Served and returned: 0
Died: 79
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 29
Served and returned: 0
Died: 29
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gate
Measurements: depth 2700MM, height 5500MM, width 3600MM
Materials: Wood - Oak - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Gate
- Condition
- Lych gate at St Basil Parish Church
- WMO ID: 251757
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 05-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Gilbert Bayes: Sculptor 1872-1953 by Louise Irvine and Paul Atterbury 46,144,145 Published:Richard Dennis 1998 Shepton Beauchamp Dates the figure in the lychgate as 1926
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