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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Torfaen
- Town
- Ponthir
- County
- Gwent
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 30 June 1921
Attended by: Mrs. Gibbon - Dedicated
Date: 30 June 1921
Attended by: Reverend G. J. Jenkins - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3635
Current location
Ponthir Baptist Church
Station Rd
Ponthir
Torfaen
Gwent
NP18 1GT
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 32607 92826
Denomination: Baptist
- Description
- White marble tablet with black lettering inscription. A smaller plaque commemorating the Second World War is situated below.
- Inscription
- WW1 Tablet: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / (names) / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / "Greater love hath no man than this" WW2 Plaque: (name) / ROYAL ENGINEERS / KILLED IN ACTION TUNISIA / MARCH 24TH 1943 AGED 23
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Atkins, James
Berrow, Wm Saml
Carpenter, Robert J
Collins, Harold
Cording, Albert
Cording, Arthur
Drunford, Albert Leonard
James, Frederick
Jarrett, George Maxwell
John, Edward G
See details for all 25 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, regiment, manner of death, location of death, date of death, age at death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Tablet
- Condition
- History
- Originally had an oak frame, but was removed in 1979 because of dry rot.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Church members
- Reference
- Order of dedication service - 30/6/1921
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