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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Clock or clock tower
- District
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Town
- Tirphil
- County
- Mid Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6792
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Current location
Just off A4049
1
Station Road
Tirphil
Merthyr Tydfil
Mid Glamorgan
NP24 6ES
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SO 14005 03216
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Small rusticated ornamental clock tower in bricked floored enclosure. White stone plaque at front with inscription and names.
- Inscription
- ROLL OF HONOUR/ OF THE MEN OF/ TIRPHIL/ WHO DEDICATED /THEIR LIVES IN/ WORLD WARS I & II/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barrett, J
Beet, J
Beynon, D J
Codrington, F
Davies, E
Davies, G
English, J
Evans, E
Gough, D
Howells, J
See details for all 30 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename,decorations
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 30
Served and returned: 0
Died: 30
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Memorial
- Condition
- Tirphil Clock Tower
- WMO ID: 164451
- Condition: Good [last updated on 10-09-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- PREVIOUS MEMORIAL WAS A SIMPLE RED BRICK COLUMN WITH CONCRETE TOP. THIS WAS RECENTLY DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED WITH THE CLOCK TOWER, WHICH INCORPORATES THE ORIGINAL ROLL OF HONOUR.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Geograph British Isles www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3645569
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