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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Torfaen
Town
Garndiffaith, Pontypool
County
Gwent
Country
Wales
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
65643

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Current location

In reception area
Garnteg Primary School
Hillcrest
Garndiffaith
Pontypool
Torfaen
Gwent
NP4 7SJ
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SO 26515 04736
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Ceramic art work portraying the crash scene, below which is a plaque with dedicatory inscription placed on a wooden backing.
Inscription
THIS CERAMIC COMMEMORATES THE CRASH OF/ BLENHEIM BOMBER L8610/ DURING AN OPERATIONAL TRAINING EXERCISE FROM RAF UPWOOD, HANTS/ AT MYNYDD GARN CLOCHDY ON 22ND SEPTEMBER 1940/ IT DEPICTS THE CRASH SCENE IN 1940 WHERE/ SERGEANT H. WILSON/ PILOT R.A.F./ PILOT OFFICER A. D. COPPLESTONE/ OBSERVER R.A.F./ SERGEANT J. NOVEMBER/ WIRELESS OPERATOR/ AIR GUNNER, R.A.F./ DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IT ALSO DEPICTS THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION/ HELD ON 22ND SEPTEMBER 2000/ IT IS THE COLLABORATIVE WORK OF PUPILS OF GARNTEG PRIMARY SCHOOL/ CAROL BONES (POTTER) JACKIE EDWARDS (ARTIST)/ AND THE ABERSYCHAN AND GARNDIFFAITH LOCAL HISTORY GROUP COMPLETED NOVEMBER 2001/ COMMISSIONED BY CLARE JEFFRIES, SISTER OF J. NOVEMBER. Note: RAF Upwood was actually in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), rather than Hampshire as stated on the plaque.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forename initials, surname
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Ceramic
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Details: Clare Jeffries, sister of Sergeant J November.
Responsibility
Garnteg Primary School
Reference

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