Seamen's graves, Borth

  • Borth Seamen's grave plaque and headstone - Taken by Mind Aberystwyth 03 Apr 2017

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  • Borth Seamen's grave headstone - Taken by Mind Aberystwyth 03 Apr 2017

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  • Borth Seamen's grave plaque - Taken by Mind Aberystwyth 03 Apr 2017

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Reference WMO253847

Address:

St Matthew's Church

Borth

Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

SY24 5NA

Wales

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Other monument
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: This monument consists of a grave plot, with recumbent plaque and tombstone (added at a later date), gravelled and surrounded by low wall. It marks the grave of (then) unknown sailors washed up at Borth. One of whom was subsequently identified and for whom a Portland stone CWGC headstone was subsequently erected.
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(on plaque) “UNKNOWN AND YET WELL KNOWN”. - THE INHABITANTS OF BORTH ENCLOSE THIS SPACE TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THE THREE MEN WASHED UP ON THE SHORE 1916-17 DURING THE GREAT WAR. - “GORPHWYSENT MEWN HEDD”. (on tombstone) FIREMAN P.C. COLMAN S.S. “MEMPHIAN” 8TH OCTOBER 1917, AGE 26

P.C. COLMAN

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