Capel Horeb Chapel, Blaenavon

Basic information

Address

High Street, Blaenavon

County

Monmouthshire

 

Detailed information

Location

Internal

Type

Non-freestanding

Setting

Inside a building - public

Description

Board/Plaque/Tablet

Condition

Good

Category

Memorial

 

Comments

 

About

Notes

Diolch i Amgueddfa Blaenavon a Capel Horeb, Blaenavon am ddangos y cofem yma i ni. Thank you to Blaenavon Museum and Horeb Chapel, Blaenavon for showing us this memorial.

Inscription

ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM/ THIS CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL THAT/ FELL DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS'/ [... names ...]/ "THERE'S SOME CORNER OF A FOREIGN LAND/ THAT IS FOREVER ENGLAND" // WEDI EI CHODI ER COF RHEINI O'R EGLWYS AC YSGOL SUL YMA/ A GWYMPODD YN YSTOD Y RHYFEL BYD CYNTA 1914-1918/ 'NID OES GAN NEB CARIAD MWY NA HYN, SEF BOD RHYWUN YN RHOI EI EINIOES DROS EI GYFEILLION'/ [...enwau...] "MAE YNA RHYW GONGL O GWLAD DIEITHR/ A FYDD WASTAD YN LOEGR.

Service persons

Name Rank Regiment/Battalion Date of death
Bert Carey Private Welsh Regiment 07/11/1914
Isaac Clothier other Royal Artillery 04/11/1915
Charles Poiner Private Monmouthshire Regiment 04/05/1915