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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Lliw Valley
- Town
- Pontardawe
- County
- West Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 36919
Current location
Pontardawe Arts Centre
Herbert Street
Pontardawe
Lliw Valley
West Glamorgan
SA8 4ED
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SN 72290 03962
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- British Legion Club
Ynisderw Road
Pontardawe
Lliw Valley
West Glamorgan
Wales
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- British Legion Club
- Description
- Wooden board.
- Inscription
- OFFICE STAFF/ (Names)/ STEEL WORKS DEPT./ (Names)/ SHEET MILLS AND GALVANIZING DEPT./ (Names)/ SLAG DEPT./ (Names)/ TINPLATE DEPT./ (Names)/ ENGINEERS DEPT./ (Names)/ BRICKLAYERS/ (Names)/ TRAFFIC DEPT./ (Names)/ CRANE DRIVERS ETC./ (Names)/ GENERAL DEPT./ (Names)/ [?THE FOLLOWING W GILBERTSON AND COMPANY EMPLOYEES MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918?]/ (Names) (Exact wording unknown)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Andrews, A E
Andrews, Fred
Andrews, Harry
Andrews, Syd
Andrews, T
Atkinson, A
Atkinson, E
Bale, John N
Banfield, R
Banks, James
See details for all 320 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 320
Served and returned: 286
Died: 34
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, occupation, regiment
Order of information: The ones who served are ordered by occupation; the ones who died are ordered alphabetically by surname.
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Board
- Condition
- W Gilbertsons and Company Steelworks
- WMO ID: 270087
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 26-03-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Clive Reed: Two Centuries of Pontardawe 1794 - 1994 (1994)
- www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Llangiwg/Pontardawe/Pontardawe2C#Gilbertson
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