Bridgend War Memorial
Bridgend War Memorial
Bridgend War Memorial
Bridgend War Memorial
Bridgend War Memorial
Bridgend War Memorial
Bridgend War Memorial
Bridgend War Memorial
Bridgend War Memorial
Bridgend War Memorial
Bridgend War Memorial
Bridgend War Memorial
Bridgend War Memorial
Bridgend War Memorial
Bridgend War Memorial
Bridgend War Memorial
Bridgend War Memorial

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A tapering obelisk with a figure of Britannia below emblems of sacrifice and victory. It has a swept-out cornice above a channelled square pedestal with shields over copper First World War commemorative tablets in architraves. A decorative band is below, with Second World War tablet added and the whole on stepped circular base.
Title

Bridgend War Memorial

Date

1921

Medium

Portland stone

Measurements

H 731 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

CF31_AEB_S001

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Bridgend County Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

11th November 1921

Listing date

29/09/86

Access

at all times

Inscription description

plaque 1: 1914-1919 / + / 1939-1945 / IN MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE MERCHANT NAVY / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING THE TWO WORLD WARS; plaques 2–5: (First World War names); plaque 6: ALSO / TO THE LASTING MEMORY OF / THE MEN & WOMEN OF THIS URBAN / DISTRICT WHO MADE THE SUPREME / SACRIFICE IN THE WORLD WAR OF / 1939-1945; plaque 7: IN LOVING MEMORY- 1939-1945 / (names); plaque 8: IN LOVING MEMORY-1939-1945 / (names); plaque 9: IN LOVING MEMORY-1939-1945 / (names) MALAYA 1955 / (name); tablet 10: IRAQ / 2007 / (name); tablet 11: FALKLANDS WAR / 1982 / (name) Tablet 12- AFGHANISTAN / 2009

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Located at

Dunraven Place, Bridgend

CF31 1AB