Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Rhymney Valley
- Town
- Pontlottyn
- County
- Mid Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6786
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Current location
Memorial Garden
Chapel Street
Pontlottyn
Rhymney Valley
Mid Glamorgan
CF81 9PQ
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SO 11581 06280
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Saint Tyfaelog Parish Church
Church Street
Pontlottyn
Rhymney Valley
Mid Glamorgan
CF81 9RA
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SO 11736 06026
Denomination: Church in Wales
- Saint Tyfaelog Parish Church
- Description
- Rough hewn celtic cross on plinth and three stepped base. Inscription and names on plinth.
- Inscription
- THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED/ TO COMMEMORATE THE MEN OF PONTLOTTYN/ WHO FELL IN THE TWO GREAT WARS/ 1914 – 1918/ (Names)/ 1939 – 1945/ (Names)/ YN ANGOF NI CHANT FOD (Translation: They shall not be forgotten)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Banfield, G H
Beddoe, D A
Brodes, T H
Cashman, J A
Chapman, T
Cleaves, C
Clifford, P
Cody, P
Curtis, J H
Davies, A
See details for all 116 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 102
Served and returned: 0
Died: 102
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Memorial
- Condition
- Pontlottyn Cross
- WMO ID: 164447
- Condition: Good [last updated on 29-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- History Points website: historypoints.org/index.php?page=pontlottyn-war-memorial (Accessed: 09/01/2021)
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