Welch Regiment - WW2 Memorial - Llanelli, Wales, Great Britain.
N 51° 40.920 W 004° 09.850
30U E 419515 N 5726311
A Cenotaph to honour all those from the 4th Battalion Welch Regiment, Territorial Force, who gave their lives in the 1939-1945 War. Located, Civic Centre Gardens, Llanelli, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMGJC0
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/12/2013
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A Granit Memorial Cenotaph on a three stepped base.
The front face shows a Sword of Sacrifice & the Welch Regiment Crest.
The Inscription Reads :-
"1939 - 1945/ TO HONOUR ALL RANKS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ 4TH BN THE WELCH REGIMENT/ GWELL ANGAU NA CHYWILYD."
Hundreds of men from this Regiment died in Gallipoli, their names can be found at Helles Memorial at Gallipoli, which commemorates men of the Welsh regiment who died on the Peninsula and who have no known grave.
"The 4th Battalion, the Welsh Regiment was the local Territorial unit. At the outbreak of the Great War the battalion formed at Carmarthen , on 4 August 1914, joining South Wales Brigade, Army Troops. The Battalion was later renumbered the 1/4th Battalion on the creation of the 2/4th (Reserve) Battalion during March 1915. On 17 April 1915, the 1/4th Battalion transferred into 159 Brigade, 53rd (Welsh) Division. The 53rd Division was a Territorial Force Division, and was to serve with distinction in Gallipoli, Egypt & Palestine. This page is dedicated to the memory of the men of this Battalion who fought in one of the hardest campaigns of the Great War, and whose graves are the most seldom visited. It went on to train between the wars, and saw further service during the France & Germany campaign during World War Two." Information Source: (
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