Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Monmouth
Town
Abergavenny / Y Fenni
County
Gwent
Country
Wales
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
3669

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Current location

North Aisle of the Church
St Mary's Priory Church
Monk Street
Abergavenny / Y Fenni
Monmouth
Gwent
NP7 5ND
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SO 30089 14145
Denomination: Church in Wales

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Description
The names of the fallen from the parish of St Mary's and Christ Church are inscribed in gold lettering on two black panels set in an ornate frame of fine-grained white stone. In the memorial’s broken pediment are the arms of the diocese of Monmouth. The unit badges of the commemorated servicemen are carved in miniature around the name panels. The dedicatory inscription appears in a panel at the base of the memorial.
Inscription
IN MEMORIAM 1914 - 1919/ SAINT MARY'S/ (Names) / CHRIST CHURCH/ (Names)/ THESE MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY./ THEIR NAMES ARE HERE SET UP/ BY THEIR FELLOW-WORSHIPPERS/ IN THE CHURCHES OF THIS PARISH/ IN THANKFUL MEMORY OF THEM/ AND THEIR DEVOTION TO DUTY.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bailey, C
Barnett Barker, Randle
Brown, W E
Carr, Lionel Hubert
Coombey, Louis
Coombey, William Henry
Cooper, Leonard G
Day, William Hayward
Evans, Gus
Glendinning, James G
See details for all 37 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 37
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 37
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, decorations, regiment
    Order of information: Surname
Components
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Black
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Responsibility
CHURCH
Reference
  • John Newman, Gwent / Monmouthshire, The Buildings of Wales (Yale University Press, 2002), p. 94.
  • Ray Westlake, First World War Graves and Memorials in Gwent, Volume 1 (Wharncliffe Books, 2001), p. 19.

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