- Type of Memorial
- Fountain
- WMR Reference Number
- 2778
- Description
- Ornate italiante drinking fountain built into freestanding alcove of local stone with Boer War dedication central, flanked on either side by World War 1 & 2 tablets from the closed Primitive Methodist Chapel in the village (WMR 2780). Fountain constructed of semi-glazed terra-cotta tiles in shades of light and dark green. Decorated pediment above panelled frieze, the date is written with the '1' going through the '9'. Around recessed inscription tablet reads motto in welsh which translates to 'Honour the Brave'. Inscription in relief in green against pale background. Semi elliptical drinking basin with lions head water spout and two fixtures for drinking cups, these are missing. They were made of aluminium. Either side of the basin regimental crests in relief, Grenadier Guards crest of scroll with regimental name, Royal Welch Fusiliers crest over crossed leeks tied with ribbon.
Erected in 1909 by public subscription to commemorate deaths of Private William Williams of Royal Welch Fusiliers and Private John James of Grenadier Guards in 1900 during South African War. Subsequently flanked by tablets commemorating dead of First and Second World Wars.
Free-standing memorial in pale green and white moulded and glazed faience blocks with dark green cast-iron drinking bowl above segmental arch and recessed and inset tablet with inscription and floral leaf decoration below semi-circular arch with acanthus key-stone. Cast emblems of Royal Welch Fusiliers to left and Grenadier Guards to right. Rubble stone rear support wall and flanking walls with marble First and Second World War tablets added later.
This Fountain, in the Italian style, and carried out in semip-glazed terra-cotta of a pale-green shade, relieved in parts in white, is erected as a memorial to two soldiers: Private William Williams, 3rd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers and Private John Charles James, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards who lost their lives whilst on active service in the South African War.
Immediately above the projecting ellipitical basin is a recessed panel or slab, upon which the bronze head with tap, and the drinking cups (which are aluminium) are fixed, and bearing an inscription in raised letters setting forth the names, their Regiments, and the place and manner of their deaths, &.c. On each side of this panel are devices modelled in relief, and representing the badges of the two Regiments. On the face of the semicircular arch over this panel is the motto in Welsh "Parcher y Dewr" (Honour the Brave), and on the panelled frieze over the arch are the words "Erected by Public Subscription" with the date of erection. The whole is surmounted by a bold projecting pediment.
Listed as an unusually designed pre-First World War Memorial, using probably locally manufactured materials. Grade II listed on 11/06/1998.