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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Cardiff
- Town
- Cardiff
- County
- South Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: November 1921
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Rededicated
Date: 30 June 2006
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6657
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Current location
Left hand wall of school entrance.
Cardiff High School
Llandenis Road
Cardiff
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF23 6EH
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 18552 80477
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Cardiff High School
Newport Road
Cardiff
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF10 2GL
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 187 766
Denomination: Undefined
- Cardiff High School
- Description
- Rectangular plaque with the School crest above and the names set in three columns.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE OLD BOYS OF/ THIS SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR GOD/ KING AND EMPIRE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (Names)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 77
Served and returned: 0
Died: 77
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- Condition
- CARDIFF HIGH SCHOOL
- WMO ID: 116621
- Condition: Good [last updated on 22-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2005: Restored through efforts of the school history club.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- South Wales Echo 28th July 2006. Pg.34
- War Memorials Trust WM1765 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=50
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