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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Carmarthen
- Town
- Pencader
- County
- Dyfed
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11 November 1922
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6984
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Current location
Station Street
Pencader
Carmarthen
Dyfed
SA39 9ES
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SN 44548 36023
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Statue of a soldier leaning on a tree stump holding a rifle, and surmounting a square plinth with stepped base. The lettering is in gold and the whole is surrounded by posts and railings.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: CYFLWYNYD/ GAN/ DRIGOLION YR ARDAL/ ER COF ANNWYL/ AM/ DDEWRION Y PLWYF HWN/ A SYRTHIODD YN Y/ RHYFEL MAWR/ 1914 - 1918/ "EU HABERTH NID A HEIBIO" (Translation: DEDICATED/ BY/ INHABITANTS OF THIS DISTRICT/ IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ THE BRAVE OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ "THEIR SACRIFICE IS NOT FORGOTTEN") 9 o'clock face: FELL IN ACTION/ (Names)/ "DROS RHYDDID COLLASANT EU GWAED" (TRANS: FOR THE SAKE OF PEACE THEY LOST THEIR LIVES) 12 o'clock face: HEFYD YN/ RHYFEL MAWR/ 1939 - 1945/ SYRTHIODD/ (Names)/ "YN ANGHOF NI CAENT FOD" (Translation: ALSO IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ FELL/ (Names)/ THEY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN) 3 o'clock face: DIED FROM THE EFFECTS/ OF THE WAR/ (Names)/ "WEDI CUR Y DDAW CORON" (Translation: AFTER THE PAIN COMES THE CROWN)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Davies, E H
Davies, Titus
Davies, Tom
James, Daniel
James, D C
Jenkins, Jno
Rees, Daniel
Thomas, D C
Thomas, Tom
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,forename,place of birth,address
Order of information: year died - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,place of birth,address
Order of information: year died
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Red - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White - Fence/ Railing
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Plinth
- Condition
- PENCADER
- WMO ID: 116308
- Condition: Good [last updated on 19-12-2019]
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- Costs
Memorial: £400
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Camarthen Journal 17 November 1922
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