Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rhondda
- Town
- Pontyclun
- County
- Mid Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), First World War - civilians, Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 88741
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Current location
Since been mounted on a wall in the middle of the Royal Mint site.
Royal Mint
Ynysmaerdy
Pontyclun
Rhondda
Mid Glamorgan
CF72 8YT
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 03871 84819
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Royal Mint
Tower Hill
London
EC3N 4HJ
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 33864 80683
Denomination: Undefined
- Royal Mint
- Description
- After WWII a second metal plaque was created for the war memorial, containing the names of the fatalities of both world wars, which has since been mounted on a wall in the middle of the Royal Mint site.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED / FOR KING & EMPIRE // 1914 / 1918 / (names) / 1939 / 1945 / (names) // KILLED IN THE ROYAL MINT BY ENEMY ACTION / 1914 - 18 / (names) / 1939 - 45 / (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Avery, H. M.
Baker, W. S.
Beadle, W.
Carnham, G. T.
Cavell, G. F.
Clements, C. W.
Cooks, N. W. G.
Crabb, A. H.
Dickinson, M.
Drake, S. R.
See details for all 29 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initials, surname
Order of information: surname - First World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initials, surname
Order of information: initial letter of surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initials, surname
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initials, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- The Mint and the First World War – Part 1 www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/Blog/the-mint-and-the-first-world-war-part-1#blogpostbodypreview
- The official blog of The Royal Mint Museum Women in the Mint www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/Blog/women-in-the-mint
- The Mint and the First World War – Part 2 www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/Blog/the-mint-and-the-first-world-war-part-2#blogpostbodypreview
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