Porth Cenotaph

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Reference WMO/260787

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Tynycymmer Close

Porth, Mid Glamorgan

CF39 9DE

Wales

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Cenotaph
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The original memorial was across the river but with the development of the Porth By-pass a dedicated square with marble blocks for seats, and a new monument for later wars was built around the main U shaped monument in 2007. A limestone memorial comprising a three sided recess, with the monument in the centre. The walls are decorated with swags in relief, and on the rear wall there are inscriptions in Welsh on the left, and English on the right, to the men of Porth and District. On the front piers there are wreaths in relief. The cenotaph has long two sided inscription panel listing names of the fallen. Above and between two moulded cornices is a relief cross within a wreath. Three side pillars were added later with polished black granite plaques.
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Cenotaph 3 o'clock face: OUR GLORIOUS DEAD Cenotaph 6 o'clock face: (Names) Cenotaph 9 o'clock face: "MEWN ANGHOF NI CHANT FOD" Rear wall left side: CYFODWYD ER PARCH A DYLEDUS GOF / AM WYR PORTH AR CLYCH / A OFFRYMOOD EU BYWYD DROS / ACHOS RHYDDID A CHYFIAWNDERN / YN Y RHYFEL MAWR 1914 - 1918 / EU BYWYD ROISANT HWY ARALLOR DORUD EU GWLAD / FEL NAD AI BYD A DYN TAN DRAED Y DUAF FRAD / O ARGLWYDD DDUW Y LLUOEDD GWEDDER GWLEDYDD CLYW / MOES MWYACH FODD FN HIL BEB RYFEL MWY GAEL BYW / J RICHARDS Rear wall right side: ERECTED IN HONOUR AND GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF PORTH / AND DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD / AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN / AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM Separate pillar: IN MEMORY OF / ALL THOSE WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE SERVICE OF / THEIR COUNTRY / IN WORLD WAR II / 1939 - 1945 / AND ALL OTHER / CONFLICTS / WE WILL / REMEMBER THEM

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