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County of Pembroke War Memorial - Cofeb rhyfel Sir Penfro

artist unknown
1921

Description

Stone cenotaph surmounted by a sitting dragon of stone.
Unveiled 3 September 1921 by Private H.W. Lewis.

Inscription(s)

On the faces of the cenotaph:

the virtues of soldiers:

sacrifice - courage - victory - honour

On the front a plaque with coat of arms of Wales and text, and on the other sides plaques with the roll on honour and on the chamfers the names of 44 of the main battlefields:

1914 1918
in remembrance of the men
of the county of pembroke
who at the call of king
and country, left all that
was dear to them, endured
hardness, faced danger and
finally passed out of the
sight of men by the path
of duty and self sacrifice
giving up their own lives
that others might live in
freedom. let those who come
after see to it that their
names be not forgotten.

heligoland
coronel
falkland isles
north sea
jutland
zeebrugge
ostend
straits of dover
mediterranean
baltic
white sea france
flanders
gallipoli
mesopotamia
east africa
egypt
palestine
macedonia
italy
india
russia mons
marne
aisne
ypres
loos
somme
arras
lys
amiens
hindenburg line
selle valenciennes
sambre
helles
suvla
kut
ctesiphon
gaza
jerusalem
megiddo
doiran
asiago

On the front at the bottom an extra plaque with names.

Memorial - list of names

We have photos of the list(s) of the names on this memorial. Contact us if you want to see these lists. (contact form)

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

Steven John, Pembroke County War Memorial.
United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials, UKNIWM.

Locatie (N 51°48'8" - W 4°57'57") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbwa068; Photograph: 26 July 2012
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