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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Town
- Merthyr Tydfil
- County
- Mid Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1 January 1947
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 60427
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Current location
Cyfarthfa Castle School
Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil
Mid Glamorgan
CF47 8
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SO 080 060
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Metal plaque with frame. Above the white lettered inscription, at centre, is a blue shield with yellow painted image of St Tydfil
- Inscription
- CYFARTHFA CASTLE SCHOOL/ ERECTED BY THE OLD STUDENTS ASSOCIATION/ IN PROUD MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL SERVING WITH/ HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES AND AUXILIARY UNITS IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR. 1939-1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 53
Served and returned: 0
Died: 53
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,additional
Order of information: additional,surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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