Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Town
- Merthyr Tydfil
- County
- Mid Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 64869
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Current location
St Davids Church
High St
Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil
Mid Glamorgan
CF48 2PS
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SO 032 079
Denomination: Church in Wales
- Description
- Nowy headed metal plaque with dedicatory inscription. At top centre a Latin cross. At centre between wording the Regimental symbol, a lion with the words beneath "THE KING'S OWN"
- Inscription
- TO HE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN TENDER MEMORY OF LIEUT. ARNOLD BAILEY/ 8th KING'S OWN ROYAL LANCASTERS/ THE KING'S OWN/ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE ON/ PALM SUNDAY MARCH 24th 1918/ "HE LAID HIS RICHEST GIFT/ ON THE ALTER (sic) OF DUTY, HIS LIFE"/ ERECTED IN LOVING MEMORY BY HIS MOTHER AND SISTER
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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