Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Newport
- Town
- Newport
- County
- Gwent
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 36937
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Current location
105
St Woolos Cathedral
Stow Hill
Newport
Newport
Gwent
NP20 4ED
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 30892 87604
Denomination: Church in Wales
- Description
- Book of remembrance upon a lectern . Classical stone surround with the gilded Crests of three Battalions of the Monmouthshire Regiment at top. At centre, in relief, the carved and gilded Crest of the South Wales Borderers above a carved and gilded inscription.
- Inscription
- 1939 1945 /TO THE GLORIOUS / AND IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE / 79 OFFICERS AND 946 MEN OF THE / SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / 24TH REGIMENT / AND THE MONMOUTHSHIRE REGIMENT / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR / THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED IN THE / BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE / IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL THANKSGIVING / 1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1025
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1025
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Lectern
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Book
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper
- Lectern
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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