Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Llanelli
- Town
- Llanelli
- County
- Dyfed
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 36799
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Current location
Santes Elli Cemetery
Old Road
Llanelli
Llanelli
Dyfed
SA15 3HP
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SN 50651 01068
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- ADDITION TO BLACK MARBLE FAMILY GRAVESTONE. INCSIED INSCRIPTION
- Inscription
- IN UNDYING MEMORY OF/ SGT THOMAS OWEN LEWIS, R.A.F./ "GWYNFA" HALFWAY,/ REPORTED MISSING WHILST SERVING HIS COUNTRY,/ FEBRUARY 22, 1941, AGED 20 YEARS./ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY/ DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."/ ALSO THOMAS JOHN LEWIS/ FATHER OF THE ABOVE NAMED./ DIED JULY 4TH 1954, AGED 70 YEARS./ ALSO MYFANWY CEINWEN LEWIS,/ WIFE OF THOMAS JOHN/ AND MOTHER OF OWEN, ABOVE,/ DIED APRIL 29TH, 1960, AGED 74 YEARS/ (...)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Lewis, Thomas Owen
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, service, place of death, forenames,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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