Cofeb St John's Memorial, Skewen
Basic information
Address
New Road, SkewenCounty
Glamorganshire
Detailed information
Location
InternalType
Non-freestandingSetting
Inside a building - publicDescription
Board/Plaque/TabletCondition
GoodCategory
Memorial
Comments
Holl gwybodaeth a lluniau wedi ei gasglu gan, ac yn cael ei defnyddio gyda caniatad caredig, Cymdeithas Hanes Skewen a'r Ardal. All information and pictures collected by, and used with kind permission from, Skewen and District Historical Society
GM Welsh Memorials to the Great War 27/02/2016
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Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS CHURCH WHO DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE [...NAMES...] GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS (underneath the plaque) THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE DISCHARGED AND DEMOBILISED SAILORS AND SOLDIERS OF THIS CHURCH.// I GOGONIANT DUW AC ER COF SERCHUS O'R DYNION O'R EGLWYS YMA WNAETH RHOI EI BYWYDAU YN YSTOD RHYFEL MAWR 1914-1918 DROS RHYDDID A CHYFIAWNDER [... ENWAU...] NID OES GAN NEB CARIAD MWY NA HYN, SEF BOD RHYWUN YN RHOI EI EINIOES DROS EI GYFEILLION (o dan y plac) CAFODD Y COFEB YMA EI GODI GAN AELODAU O'R EGLWYS YMA A GWASANAETHODD YN Y BYDDIN A'R LLYNGES
Service persons
| Name | Rank | Regiment/Battalion | Date of death | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Price | other | other | 15/09/1916 | |
| Edward Bodycombe | Private | Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 13/11/1916 | |
| Robert Dark | Private | other | 01/07/1916 | |
| William Russen | Corporal | Royal Engineers | 22/08/1917 | |
| Bertie Jones | Private | other | 30/10/1914 | |
| Arthur Trott | Lance Corporal | other | 20/10/1918 | |
| David Jones | Private | other | 14/08/1914 | |
| James Johnson | Able Seaman | other | 04/06/1915 | |
| William Evans | other | other | 12/11/1915 | |
| William Beynon | other | Royal Engineers | 18/11/1916 |