Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Swansea
- Town
- Gorseinon
- County
- West Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Post-1945 war or conflict
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 83301
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Current location
St Catherine's Church
A4240 Alexandra Road
Gorseinon
Swansea
West Glamorgan
SA4 4AF
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SS 58635 98716
Denomination: Church in Wales
- Description
- Brass Plaque with domed head
- Inscription
- GORSEINON TOWN COUNCIL/AREA/THE PARISH OF GORSEINON AND PENYRHEOL/IN MEMORY OF LOCAL MEN KILLED IN ACTION/WORLD WAR 1 1914-1918/[names in 3 columns]/WORLD WAR 2 1939-1945/[names in 2 columns]/OTHER CONFLICTS/[no names]/"LET THEIR NAMES LIVE ON FOREVER"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alcock, G
Beech, A R A
Beech, Verdun
Bennett, Robert
Bevan, Daniel
Bevan, Edward
Bevan, Richard
Bowen, David
Bowen, J
Byrne, James
See details for all 89 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 58
Served and returned: 0
Died: 58
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 31
Served and returned: 0
Died: 31
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined - Post-1945 war or conflict
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Condition
- Parish of Gorseinon and Penyrheol
- WMO ID: 270613
- Condition: Good [last updated on 03-03-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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