Kidwelly WW1 Soldier - Carmarthenshire, Wales, Great Britain
N 51° 44.325 W 004° 18.510
30U E 409650 N 5732792
Kidwelly War Memorial - Dedicated in 1924 - Featuring a statue of a soldier, in WW1 uniform, standing with hands resting on a reversed rifle, his head bowed. Located in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, Great Britain.
Waymark Code: WMGFGH
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/27/2013
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Kidwelly War Memorial - A combined War Memorial, Situated on side of a main road A.484 (New Street) surrounded by low railings, in a garden of remembrance.
"Atop is White Marble Sculpture, of soldier with bowed head and a reversed rifle standing at ease, dressed in the uniform of a Great War 1914-1918 soldier, mounted on a large Portland Stone plinth. Surrounded by metal railing.
The memorial is a Grade: II Listed structure.
Date Listed: 28 July 1998
Cadw Building ID: 20193
Inscription
GWELL ANGAU NA CHYWILYDD
1914-1919 /(NAMES)
1939-1945/ (NAMES)
Welsh inscription believed to translate as "better death than shame"
Unveiled by Mrs John Hughes, on 08/01/1924." Text Source: (
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