Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cenotaph
- District
- Rhondda
- Town
- Tonypandy
- County
- Mid Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 19th November 1927
Attended by: EARL OF DUNRAVEN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6783
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Current location
Peneil Living Way Church
Dunraven Street
Tonypandy
Rhondda
Mid Glamorgan
CF40 1AT
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SS 99521 92347
Denomination: Pentecostal
- Description
- Cenotaph on cruciform base and stone platform. Decorative carved wreath featured at the top of the memorial.
- Inscription
- ERECTED/ BY THE INHABITANTS/ OF MID RHONDDA/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE CYFODWYD/ CAN DRIGOLION/ CANOL RHONDDA/ ER COF AM/ Y GWYR A RODDASANT/ EU BYWYD DROS EU/ BRENIN A'U GWLAD/ YN Y RHYFEL MAWR/ 1914 - 1918/ GWELL ANGAU NA CHYWILYDD
- 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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cenotaph
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Cenotaph
- Condition
- PENYGRAIG
- WMO ID: 183746
- Condition: Good [last updated on 30-06-2017]
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- History
- 2009: The memorial has been renovated with new marble slabs with names on gold lettering. The memorial was very weathered at the time of recording, although seems to have been regularly cleaned. Some names, however, are illegible.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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