Memorial
Ystalyfera (old)
Current Location
British Legion Hall, Commercial Street, Ystalyfera, Lliw Valley, West Glamorgan, SA9 2HR, Wales
OS Grid Reference
SN 76793 08917
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- Type of Memorial
- Obelisk
- WMR Reference Number
- 2046
- Description
- Four stepped base surmounted by triple tiered plinth and obelisk. Dedicatory inscription on three plaques attached to the front face of the tiered plinths. Calvary on octagonal column and base. WW2 tablets added to three faces of the base.
- Inscription
- (NAMES) (EXACT INSCRIPTION UNKNOWN)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 77
- Died
- 77
- Information shown
- Surname, rank, forename
- Order of names
- Surname
- Maintenance History
- 1983: MEMORIAL BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BROKEN UP WHEN THE NEW ONE WAS CREATED
Ceremonies
Unveiled
23 December 1922
Bishop of St Davids
Previous Location(s)
Clwyn Gwyn Park, Commercial Street, Ystalyfera, Lliw Valley, West Glamorgan, Wales
OS Grid Reference
SN 760 080
Reason for move
Date Unknown: Unknown
Components
- Obelisk
Height: C 3720MM
Width: C 1650MM
Made from: Stone - Local
Condition: Lost
- Unveiling Programme/ Order of Service 1922 Names and ranks listed.
- Imperial War Museum, Film Archive MGH 3720
- British Silent Cinema and the Great War by Michael Hammond and Michael Williams (Eds.) pp 145-158 Published:Palgrave Macmillan 2011 Chapter 11: 'The Dead, Battlefield Burials and the Unveiling of War Memorials in Films of the Great War Era' by Toby Haggith