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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Swansea
Town
Cockett
County
West Glamorgan
Country
Wales
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
48263

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Current location

250
St. Peter's Church
Cockett Road
Cockett
Swansea
West Glamorgan
SA2 0FW
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SS 63050 94850
Denomination: Church in Wales

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Description
Wall-mounted white marble tablet, shaped as if a scroll, mounted on black marble backboard. Black lettering. Canadian Light Infantry badge incised in gilt at top centre. Emblem of Canada embossed at base of tablet.
Inscription
Sacred to the Memory of/ Corpl. PHILIP STANLEY EDWARDS/ OF THE P.P.C. L.I. 1ST CANADIAN CONTINGENT/ BRITISH IMPERIAL FORCES/ WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ AT ETABLES, FRANCE, SEP. 18. 1916/ AGED 23 YEARS/ FORMERLY A MEMBER OF THE ST. PETERS CHOIR/ SUNDAY SCHOOL AND CHURCH./ "A WORTHY CITIZEN, A HEROIC SOLDIER/ A BRAVE COMRADE;/ WHO DID HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND WELL."/ Be thou faithful unto death, and I will/give thee a crown of life. REV. II. 10. (W.A. MORRIS) Swansea
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Edwards, Phillip Stanley
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment, place of death, date of death, age at death, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Black
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
St. Peter's Church (Cocket)

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