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    Memorial

    Port Talbot

    Port Talbot

    Source: Copyright Mark Newton

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    Current Location

    Set in parkland with pathway directly centre., Talbot Memorial Park, 17, Talbot Road, Port Talbot, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, SA13 1PT, Wales

    OS Grid Reference

    SS 77317 89063

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    Type of Memorial
    Allegory (eg: Victory)
    WMR Reference Number
    2060
    Description
    Victorious Peace surmounting square pedestal with relief panels on three sides representing immortality, peace and the supreme sacrifice, also dates Reliefs: 1) Nude male holding wreath and sword with battle scene frieze 2) Female figure with child and lamb 3) Draped female figure holding palm and lamp, frieze depicts marching soldiers carrying wounded past battlefield crosses
    Inscription
    1914 1918 / TO THE GLORY / OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / OUR HONOURED DEAD / WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR / O VALIANT HEARTS WHO TO YOUR GLORY CAME / THROUGH DUST OF CONFLICT, THROUGH BATTLE FLAME / TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED / YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED / ALSO 1939-1945
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Maker(s)
    • Louis Frederick Roslyn RBS, Sculptor

    • MESSRS LANCASTER FRIBA, Architect

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    4 July 1925

    Field Marshal Sir William R Robertson Bart GCB GCMG KCVO DSO

    Dedicated

    27 June 1925

    The Lord Bishop of LLandaff

    Custodian
    Neath Port Talbot Council

    Components

    Pedestal

    Height: 2580MM


    Made from: Granite - Aberdeen


    Condition: Good


    Sculpture

    Height: 2580MM


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good