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Memorial details

Memorial type: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District: Port Talbot
Town: Port Talbot
County: West Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Commemoration: First World War (1914-1918)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 51194

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Current location

Wall mounted
adjacent to Riverside walk entrance
public side of counter
139
Post Office
Station Road
Port Talbot
Port Talbot
West Glamorgan
SA13 1NG
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SS 76552 90101
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Wall-mounted, framed and glazed roll of honour. Names in two columns surrounded by a coloured decorative border of draped flags. The arms of the four nations of the United Kingdom are incorporated in the decorative border.

Inscription

PORT TALBOT/ POST OFFICE./ Roll of Honour/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY./ The following Officers of the/ Port Talbot District Staff voluntarily served/ with H.M. Forces in the Great War 1914-1919./ (Names)

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Appleby, J R
Bamkin, F
Best, R A
Bosworth, J H
Carpenter, C
Cummings, F W
David, E J
Davies, I
Davis, A H
Evans, J E
See details for all 31 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 31
Served and returned: 31
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname

Components

Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper
Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood

Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

Royal Mail

Reference

catalogue.postalmuseum.org/collections/getrecord/GB813_Mem309

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