Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Undefined
Town
Pontypridd
County
Mid Glamorgan
Country
Wales
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 19th July 1920
    Attended by: LORD PONTYPRIDD
  • Dedicated
    Date: 1923
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
50864

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Current location

Pontypridd High School
Albion Community Campus
Cilfynydd
Pontypridd
Mid Glamorgan
CF37 4SF
Wales

OS Grid Ref: ST 08605 92541
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Coed Y Lan Lower Comprehensive School
    Tyfica Rd
    Pontypridd
    Taff-ely
    Mid Glamorgan
    CF37 2DF
    Wales

    OS Grid Ref: ST 072 900
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Wall-mounted, bronze, embossed plaque within a wooden frame with names of the dead in three columns. On the left side of the plaque there is a side-on relief of an officer in steel helmet saluting the names: lines above and below the names separate them from the commemoration. The frame features ornate carving above and below, Doric columns on either side, the school motto in Welsh at the top and garlands along its base.
Inscription
On Frame ABOVE PLAQUE - YMDRECH A LWYDDA* (*Translation - Strive and Succeed) On Plaque - PRO LIBERATE HUMANA**/ (Names)/ ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE NAMES NAMED/ ABOVE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ BY THEIR CLASS MATES AND FRIENDS/ MAY THEY NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. ** Translation - For Human Liberty On Frame below plaque - HONORS (sic) LIST.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bevan, T H
Bowen, Ivor
Bush, V
Carter, Thomas
Chandler, F W
Coombes, E J
Davi8es, Idwal
Davies, A B
Davies, Leonard
Davies, Price
See details for all 61 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 60
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 60
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, Rank, Initials or forename, decorations
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Backboard
    Measurements: depth 150 MM, height 1300 MM, width 1100 MM
    Materials: Wood
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
Yes
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Responsibility
COMMITTEE OF SIX OLD PONTYPRIDD GRAMMAR SCH BOYS

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