Margam Combined War Memorial - Glamorgan
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
N 51° 33.766 W 003° 43.873
30U E 449314 N 5712663
A Granite Cross By the entrance to the Abbey at Margam
Waymark Code: WM9MWT
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/06/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 18

INCRIPTION:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PERPETUAL MEMORY OF
THE FOLLOWING WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 -1918

the names are listed by the Battles.
underneath is an inscription to the Vicar

Also in Memory of ZACCHAEUS PAYNTER WILLIAMSON
Vicar for 41 Years and Chaplian to the Territorial Forces.

below this a further inscription
1939 = 1945

LEST WE FORGET

MAJOR C.A. FLETCHER - SCOTS GUARDS
WARRANT OFFFICER T. DAVIES - RAF FLIGHT ENGINEER
CORPORAL I.MORT - WELSH REGIMENT
ABLE SEAMAN K.L. MURRAY RN
FLIGHT ENGINEER C O'CALLAGHAN RAF
GUARDSMAN D. STANFORD WELSH GUARDS

R.I.P

on the right hand side the KOHIMA PRAYER


They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn,
At the going down of the sun,
and in the morning
We will remember them
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1920

Private or Public Monument?: Government

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Local Authority

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe

Physical Address of Monument:
Margam
Margam, South Wales United Kingdom


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