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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Town
- Trelewis
- County
- Mid Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 6th June 1925
Attended by: Mr John Davies, a local school master - Rededicated
Date: 23rd June 2002
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6798
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Current location
The memorial is located near to the junction of the Glynbargoed Road
and the B4255.
B4255
Trelewis
Merthyr Tydfil
Mid Glamorgan
CF46 6BS
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 10592 96981
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Captain's Hill
Trelewis
Merthyr Tydfil
Mid Glamorgan
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 100 970
Denomination: Undefined
- Captain's Hill
- Description
- A statue of a soldier in a cap with head bowed, and hands resting on the butt of a reversed rifle. The statue is on a square pillar which is surrounded by railings.
- Inscription
- 3 o'clock face: ERECTED BY THE / INHABITANTS OF TRELEWIS / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND THE IMMORTAL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE / WHO DIED / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE / GWELL ANGAU NA CHWILYDD 6 o'clock face: (Names) 9 o'clock face: 1939 - 1945 / IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 45
Served and returned: 0
Died: 45
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname.
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname.
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Aberdeen - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Sicilian - Memorial
Measurements: depth 1066mm, height 4876mm, width 1066mm
Materials: Stone - Forest Of Dean - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Forest Of Dean - Pillar
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Forest Of Dean
- Plaques / Panels with names
- Condition
- TRELEWIS
- WMO ID: 163525
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 06-05-2014]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2002: Restored and relocated at the cost of GBP 22,002.00
- Costs
Site: Free
Comments: Extra funds were needed to pay for surrounding railings and wall. Land given as freehold by local farmer.
Memorial: £250- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
Details: Going for Green Group (an environmental group) helped to raise the funds for the removal, re-sitting, and renovation of the memorial in 2002. - Responsibility
- Merthyr Cynon Taff Authority
- Reference
- Photograph of unveiling on 6th June 1925. Cardiff Times, 14 June 1925
- Merthyr Express, various dates between 1919 - Jun. 1925
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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