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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Blaenau Gwent
Town
Blaina
County
Gwent
Country
Wales
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
75326

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Current location

Inside the Museum/Heritage Centre
69
Blaina Heritage museum
High Street
Blaina
Blaenau Gwent
Gwent
NP13 3BN
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SO 20067 08000
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A wooden frame with a bronze inlay panel
Inscription
Top - Our Glorious Dead Middle - In Honoured Memory of the Masters and Boys of this School who fell in the Great War (Names) Bottom - "Their Name Liveth For Evermore"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Allen, Reginald T.
Davies, Gwyn A. H.
Gregson, John
Hobby, Grenville
Hunt, Edgar
Hunt, Edgar
James, Douglas
Jones, Cyril J. E.
Keyse, William M.
Marston, J. Victor
See details for all 23 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 30
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 30
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Names
    Order of information: Alphabetical, believed to be 3 masters and 27 boys
Condition
History
N/K.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Other
Details: Believed to be the Grammar (County) School Governers
Responsibility
Blaina Heritage Society
Reference
  • www.firstworldwar.gwentheritage.org.uk This site gives comprehensive details of all known memorials in Blaenau Gwent. This one is described as 'Abertillery Intermediate (later County) School Memorial

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