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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Neath
- Town
- Pontardawe
- County
- West Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 36926
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Current location
Swansea Valley History Society
The Cross
Pontardawe
Neath
West Glamorgan
SA8 4AH
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SN 71884 04002
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Adulam Chapel
A474 Swansea Road
Pontardawe
Lliw Valley
West Glamorgan
SA8 4AF
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SN 72022 03903
Denomination: Undefined
- Adulam Chapel
- Description
- White marble tablet topped by triangular pediment. Above the inscription, in black capital lettering, is a carved laurel wreath.
- Inscription
- Er cof annwyl / am / Y BECHGYN O'R EGLWYS HON A SYRTHIODD YN Y RHYFEL MAWR / 1914 - 1918./ (NAMES) / "Mur oeddynt hwy i ni nos n dydd" W.A.MORRIS SWANSEA
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bevan, Brinley
Davies, Carey
Davies, John
Howells, Henry George
John, Daniel George
See details for all 5 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forenames, surname
Order of information: surname, forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Memorial
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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