Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Torfaen
- Town
- Pontypool
- County
- Gwent
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Korean War (1950-1953)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 27th December 1924
Attended by: Maj Gen Lord Treowen CB CMG - Dedicated
Date: 27th December 1924
Attended by: Archdeacon of Monmouth - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3670
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Current location
Opposite the Civic Centre
PontyPool Park Gates
Hanbury Road
Pontypool
Torfaen
Gwent
NP4 6JL
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SO 28270 00813
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Park gateway and railings with bronze plaque iscribed with the names of the fallen on the sides.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, A J
Allen, G
Allmark, G
Amos, A E
Arthur, W A
Ashcroft, J T
Badham, G C
Badham, R G
Baldwin, F
Barnes, E
See details for all 380 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 164
Served and returned: 0
Died: 164
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, rank, regiment
Order of information: Regiment, surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Regiment, surname, forename, rank
Order of information: Surname - Korean War (1950-1953)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, rank, regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gates
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wrought Iron
- Gates
- Condition
- ABERSYCHAN AND PONTYPOOL GATES
- WMO ID: 118994
- Condition: Good [last updated on 12-02-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2009: Gates in good condition. 2000: Gates damaged, reason unknown. The plaques also damaged but not destroyed.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- War Memorials Trust WM132 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=387
- Carter Postcard Collection
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