Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Rhymney Valley
- Town
- Eglwysilan
- County
- Mid Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 36856
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Current location
ST ILAN'S CHURCH
Eglwysilan
Rhymney Valley
Mid Glamorgan
CF83 4JG
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 10641 89060
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- White marble gravestone with floral ornament at the head. Inscription in inlaid lead lettering. Kerbs with pyramidal headed-posts at the foot.
- Inscription
- In Loving Memory of/ .../ ALSO OF WILLIAM [JONES] THEIR SON/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE,/ AUG. 12 -1916, AGED 26 YEARS./ HE SLEEPS NOT IN HIS NATIVE LAND,/ BUT 'NEATH A FOREIGN SKY,/ FAR FROM THOSE WHO LOVED HIM BEST,/ BUT IN A HERO'S GRAVE HE LIES./ ...
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Jones, William
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: year died,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: depth 2110mm, height c. 1765mm, width 910mm
Materials: Marble - White, Lead
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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