Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cenotaph
- District
- Newport
- Town
- Newport
- County
- Gwent
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Rededicated
Date: 13th May 2009
Attended by: Reverend Edward Mathias-Jones of St. Stephen's Church, current employees and the families of those commemorated - Unveiled
Date: 1924
Attended by: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Rededicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3688
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Current location
Beside Brynbuga Usk River
Orb Works
Stephenson Street
Newport
Newport
Gwent
NP19 0RD
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 32198 86177
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Orb Works
Corporation Rd
Newport
Newport
Gwent
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 310 880
Denomination: Undefined
- Orb Works
- Description
- Cenotaph on two stepped base
- Inscription
- 6 O'Clock Face: 1914 1919/ EMPLOYEES AT THE/ NEWPORT WORKS/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)/ ERECTED BY/ THEIR PROUD AND GRATEFUL/ EMPLOYERS 9 O'Clock Face: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, D
Adams, F B
Addams-williams, A D
Anderson, R
Aston, S
Aston, T E
Baker, C
Barker, F
Barlow, J
Bebb, J H
See details for all 121 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 121
Served and returned: 0
Died: 121
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, additional
Order of information: By place of work - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 27
Served and returned: 0
Died: 27
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Cenotaph
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plaque
- Condition
- History
- 2009: renovated
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Tata Steel / Orb Electrical Steels
- Reference
- South Wales Argus - 14th May 2009: www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/4368524.War_memorial_to_Orb_workers_unveiled_at_new_site/
- Discovering The Men Of The Orb Works Project: steelremembered.org/index.html
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