MERTHYR TYDFIL SOUTH AFRICAN WAR

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Reference WMO/106272

Address:

Thomastown Recreation Ground

Queen's Road

Merthyr Tydfil

CF47 0AU

Wales

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Type: Freestanding
Description: Obelisk
Conflicts:
  • Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
About the memorial: The site chosen for the memorial was in the eastern park on the Thomastown Tips overlooking the town and with the memorial’s overall height of thirty five-foot it is clearly visible from the town below. Washington Morgan, a local sculptor and monumental mason, was commissioned to design and build the memorial. Built from Aberdeen granite in the shape of an obelisk, fifteen feet tall, standing on a pedestal carved from the same material the memorial stands on a foundation designed by Mr C M Davies and Mr T F Harvey, Merthyr Tydfil District Council surveyor . The foundation comprises a Pennant stone base twelve feet square upon which the granite pedestal rests. The base surrounded by kerb and railing stands on a grass clod embankment giving added height to the memorial. Application had been made to the War Office to have two South African guns to place each side of the obelisk but without success.The pillar has a wreath carved just above the front of the Pedestal, under which is the motto ‘Gwell Angau na Chywilydd’, (Better Death than Dishonour). On the front of the four faces of the pedestal is carved the words ‘A tribute to Merthyr men who died in the South African war, 1899-1902.’ The other three sides contain the forty-two names of ‘Merthyr’ men who died in the war. After strenuous fund raising the memorial was complete and ready for its official unveiling on Thursday afternoon, 8th September 1904.
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A TRIBUTE / TO THE MEMORY OF / MERTHYR MEN / WHO DIED / IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR / 1899-1902 / (Names

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