Memorial details

Memorial type
Composite
District
Cynon Valley
Town
Mountain Ash
County
Mid Glamorgan
Country
Wales
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 15 June 1922
    Attended by: Colonel N A Thompson CMG DSO
  • Rededicated
    Date: 23rd May 2010
    Attended by: Royal British Legion. Mayor Rhondda Cynon Taf Cllr Simon Lloyd, Lord Aberdare, Reverend Michael Jones, High Sheriff of Mid Glamorgan Beverley Humphreys,
  • Unveiled
    Date: 23rd May 2010
    Attended by: Mayor of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Lord Aberdare
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
6777

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Current location

Dyffryn Road
Mountain Ash
Cynon Valley
Mid Glamorgan
CF45 4AQ
Wales

OS Grid Ref: ST 04423 99812
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Cenotaph with reliefs and inscriptions on all four sides. The reliefs depict a soldier, a sailor, an airman and a nurse. The memorial is surmounted by a bronze sculpture of a robed female figure striding forward with a naked man falling at her feet. In her upraised left hand, the female figure holds the stem of what was originally a palm of victory. In her right hand is the hilt of a now-vanished sword.
Inscription
12 o'clock face: THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1918/ SONS OF THIS TOWN/ AND DISTRICT,/ LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID:/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE/ ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD./ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST/ ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP./ 3 o'clock face: "FOR IN THEIR PASSING/ THEY HAVE CONQUERED DEATH,/ AND THROUGH THE YEARS SHALL/ SHINE THEIR UNDIMMED YOUTH,/ WHOSE DAUNTLESS COURAGE/ WAS THE LIVING BREATH/ OF FREEDOM AND OF CHIVALRY/ AND TRUTH."/ 6 o'clock face: TO THE GLORIOUS DEAD/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE/ ERECTED BY/ THE WORKMEN AND OFFICIALS OF/ MESSRS NIXON’S WORKMEN’S INSTITUTE/ MOUNTAIN ASH/ WHITSUNTIDE 1922/ THE SITE OF THIS MEMORIAL WAS GENEROUSLY GIVEN/ BY LORD AND LADY ABERDARE./ 9 o'clock face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ REMEMBER WITH HONOUR/ THOSE OF THIS TOWN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ WORLD WAR II. 1939 – 45/ EU HENWAU BYTH A GOFIR. (Translation: Their names will be remembered forever.)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Figures
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Relief
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Cenotaph
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
History
2010: Replacement bronze panels made. Arranged by Rhondda Cynon Taf and the Royal British Legion. Date Unknown: planned restoration works to refurbish the memorial which was vandalised The four bronze panels were stolen in October 2008. They were later reproduced, unveiling and Re dedication took place May 23rd 2010 c2006: Refurbished
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Cynon Valley Borough Council
Reference
  • Carter Postcard Collection
  • Picture Postcard Monthly - October 2008 - pg. 15 Col.3
  • Unveiling Programme/ Order of Service 23rd May 2010 Booklet
  • Unveiling Programme/ Order of Service 15th June 1922 Copy

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