Cenotaph - Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

A Dalbeattie Granite stone Cenotaph approx 20 feet high, first dedicated on 11/23/1922 stands at the focus of the Town Center.
At the junction of Cardiff Road and Victoria Square, in Aberdare, Cynon Valley, South Wales.

Inscriptions:

"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVER MORE" on the front of the Cenotaph.

"OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
AND ALL OTHER CONFLICT" On the reverse of the Cenotaph.

Physical Description:

"CENOTAPH SURMOUNTING TAPERING PILLAR WITH STEPPED CAPITAL, ON WIDE STEPPED BASE. INSCRIPTION IN GILT LETTERING IN WELSH AND ENGLISH.
WREATH ON ONE SIDE." Text Source: (visit link)

Address of Monument:
Victoria Square, Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. UK.

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): WWI, WWII, and all other Conflicts. In Honor Of: OUR GLORIOUS DEAD - THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVER MORE Marker Text: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVER MORE. OUR GLORIOUS DEAD. 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945 AND ALL OTHER CONFLICT. Date of dedication: 11/23/1922 Who Put it Here?: Public Subscription by the People of Aberdare. Description of Memorial: Built by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1922 as the prototype for the Cenotaph in London’s Whitehall.

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