Pontardawe & District War Memorial - Pontardawe, Neath - Port Talbot, Wales
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Pontardawe & District Combined War Memorial is a large granite obelisk. The memorial was unveiled on 21ST JULY 1923. as a 1914-1919 Great War Memorial. Plaques added since are WWII 1939-1945, & Afghanistan 2009. Located in Pontardawe, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMXA1P
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/15/2017
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Pontardawe War Memorial - features a 22 feet tall granite obelisk, standing on a single stepped circular base, & two level plinth with bronze plaques, listing the names of those who gave their lives in the Wars & conflicts.

Originally a Great War Memorial, unveiled 7/21/1923
Plaques were added after the Second World War, & Afghanistan conflict.

Pontardawe War Memorial is
listed in the War Memorial Archive as:
PONTARDAWE AND DISTRICT
Ref: 6622 :
Website for this Monument:
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Physical Address of Monument:
Pontardawe War Memorial
Holly St
. Pontardawe,
Neath/Port Talbot Borough, Wales.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial

Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
AFGHANISTAN 2009 THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919 WORLD WAR II/ 1939 - 1945

In Honor Of: This memorial commemorates the residents of Pontardawe who were killed or missing in the Great War (First World War), Second World War, & Afghanistan War.

Marker Text:
L/CPL. CHRISTOPHER DAVID HARKETT/ AFGHANISTAN 2009 6 O'CLOCK FACE: EIN/ COGONEDDUS/ FE PRO/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF PONTARDAWE/ AND DISTRICT WHO LAID/ DOWN THIER LIVES FOR US/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES) 3 O'CLOCK FACE: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF PONTARDAWE/ AND DISTRICT WHO LAID/ DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR US/ IN WORLD WAR II/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)

Date of dedication: 21ST JULY 1923

Who Put it Here?: public subscription by the people of Pontardawe & District.

Description of Memorial:
CIRCULAR SINGLE STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY TWO STEPPED PLINTH AND OBELISK. INSRIPTION ON METAL PLAQUES ATTACHED TO TWO SIDES OF THE PEDESTAL. COLUMNS SUPPORT A LEDGE ABOVE THE UPPER PLINTH. SWORD OF SACRIFICE AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT FACE OF THE OBELISK
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