THE WAR MEMORIALTonyrefail, like most towns and villages though out great Britain erected a memorial after the first world war to pay tribute to those who had fought and lost their lives during the war Originally the plan was to put it near the centre of Tonyrefail at the T junction at the end of Waunrhydd road.
as a new wall was built along Gilfach road a set of gates where fitted ready for the memorial. sadly during excavation they got a few feet in and hit solid rock (as you can see in the photograph on the right) so the plans where quickly changed and the monument was to go in Trane cemetery
The memorial is situated just inside the main gates of Trane and looks as good now as the day it was unveiled
The memorial was finally completed and unveiled on november 16th 1924.virtually the whole village turned out for the unveiling ceremony with a procession through Tonyrefail to the Trane cemetery the photograph on the left shows the procession en route to the war memorial
photographs taken august 5th 2006
the following is a copy of the various inscriptions the memorial.Front of plinth 1914 -1918 GWELLANGAU NA CHYWILYDD
Major E. Walter Edmunds.......Welsh Regiment Sgt David A. Jones................. Welsh Regiment Sgt Drm Ed Geo Payne ...........Welsh Regiment Cpl Thos W. Harris................ Welsh Regiment Cpl Thos Morgan ....................Welsh Regiment L/Cpl Albert W. Payne ............Welsh Regiment Pte Stephen D. Richards ..........Welsh Regiment Pte William Williams ................Welsh Regiment Pte Evan J. Griffiths .................Welsh Regiment Pte Thomas Harris...................Welsh Regiment Pte John Williams.....................Welsh Regiment Pte Robert W. Price.................Welsh Regiment Pte Evan L. Morgan ................Welsh Regiment Pte Oakley J. Jenkins............. .Welsh Regiment Pte Jonah Jenkins................. ...Welsh Regiment Pte Reginald Jones............... ...Welsh Regiment Pte E. Stanley Hughes.......... ...Welsh Regiment Pte David S. Evans..................Welsh Regiment To the everlasting memory of those who fell in the Great War Side of plinth
Pte David J. Williams...........Welsh Regt Pte Thomas Burnham.............Welsh Regt Pte Walter J. Andrews........ .Welsh Regt Pte Thomas Everett.............. Welsh Guards Pte Cyrus James....................Welsh Guards Pte William N. Davies..........Welsh Guards Pte Anthony Evans................Welsh guards Pte Thomas Griffiths ............Welsh Guards Pte Alfred J. Moody ...........R.W.F Pte Cyrus Morgan............... R.W.F Pte Evan Meredith.............. R.W.F Pte Arthur Sheppard............R.W.F Pte Thomas E. German........R.W.F L/ Cpl Thomas Davies........S.W.B Pte Thomas Jones................S.W.B Pte David J. Edwards..........S.W.B Pte Henry Bentley................S.W.B Pte John Thomas..................S.W.B Pte J. Yorath Jenkins............Shrops Regt Pte Gomer Austin.................Shrops Regt Pte Danton V. Jones.............D.C.L.I Pte William P. Griffiths.......Cheshire Regt Side of plinth
Pte David J. Williams......... Gloster Regt Pte Charles Henshaw.......... Gloster Regt Pte Joseph Jones................ ..Gloster Regt Pte Ben Selby .......................South Lancs Regt Pte Reginald Davies .............East Lancs Regt Pte Thomas E. Supple...........Worcester Regt Pte Garfield lewis.................Black Watch Pte Ivor Davey......................Black watch Pte Ezekiel Styles.................Argyle & Sutherland Regt Pte Thomas J. Coleman....... .R.G.A Pte William Jennyson............Yorkshire Regt Pte Henry E. Price.............. .Notts & Derby Regt Pte Joseph Harding........... ...Wiltshire Regt Driver Victor B. Jones .........R.F.A. Driver Percy H. Davies.........A.S.C Engineer Oliver Herapath......SS Upcerne Sgt Albert Brewer Royal ......Dublin Fusiliers Pioneer Henry A. Webb........ R.E. Pioneer David Roberts...........R.E. Sapper William J. Williams...R.E. Sapper Henry Rogers........... .R.E 2nd Air Mech Hezekiah Morgan ......R.A.F. Rear of Plinth
L/Cpl Alfred Johnson............. Welsh Regt Pte David Edward Pugh..........Welsh Regt Pte William Reynolds.............Welsh Regt Pte George Warren.............. ..Welsh Regt Pte Thomas Penny................ ..Welsh Regt Pte Thomas J. Hodder............ R.W.F Sgt Henry Hoover.................. Royal Fusiliers L/Cpl D. Stanley Sherrah........R.E Pte Fred Lincoln......................R.E Pte William Jones................... Duke of Cornwall L.I. Pte Dennis McCarthy............. .Duke of Cornwall L.I. Pte Herbert Jenkins................ .Lancashire Fusiliers Pte Jake Brown .......................Lancashire Fusiliers Pte Ernest Powell.................. .Somerset L.I. Pte William K. Hastle........... .Grenadier Guards Pte Thomas Stokes............... ..R.A.S.C. Gunner Chas Dobbs.............. .R.F.A Air Mech Fred Hellier........... R.A.F Gunner Idwal K. Evans.......... R.A [Killed in Northern Ireland 1973] L/Cpl Michael Button.............Welsh Regt [ killed in Cyprus 1958] In Memory of those who fell in the 2nd World War 1939 - 1945 Dros ryddid gollasant eu gwaed Corner Plaque 2nd World War
Sgt W.O. A/C T. Gwynne Morgan...........R.A.F Sgt Brynley O. Davies.............................R.A.F Sgt William A. Drew...............................R.A.F Sgt Arfon Evans...................................... R.A.F T/Sgt Albert C. John............................... R.A.F Sgt A/C Richard H. Callahan................. R.A.F Sgt A/C T. Victor Lewis........................ R.A.F Sgt A/C Dilwyn Enoch.......................... .R.A.F L.A.C Trevor R. Manley........................ R.A.F Sgt Obs D. Melvyn Heycock.................. R.A.F F/Sgt Stanley Williams...........................R.A.F W.O. Pilot Glyndwr Davies....................R.A.F W.O Ronald J. Andrews....................... .R.A.F Corner Plaque 2nd World War
Pte A. Ronald Jones.................... ACC Pte Stanley H.J. Cover................ Wiltshire Regt Pte Thomas J. Morgan R............. Warwickshire Regt Pte Stanley Evans........................ K.R.R. Pte W.H. [Marsden] Jones.......... R.A.M.C Lt William J. Davies....................S.AFR. Engineers Sgt S. Harry Holtam.....................S.M.P L/Cpl A. Colin Thomas.............. A & S Hldrs Cpl Richard P. Burrows.............. F & F Yeo Gnr Glyn H. Austin..................... R.A. Cfn Hugh Bugler........................ ..R.E.M.E Stwd Kenneth Ferris................. ..Merchant Navy L.A.C. Brynley Davies............... .R.A.F Corner Plaque 2nd World war
F/Sgt Dewi M. Davies.......... R.A.F Gnr Edward Shepherd.......... R.A Gnr Leslie Daniels................. R.A Gnr Dewi E. Morris...............R.A Gnr William Edmunds....... ....R.A L/Bmdr Dudley D. Williams...R.A Sgt Evan Hellings...................W. GDS Gdsmn E.Clifford Dean......... W. GDS L/Cpl Albert H. Lewis.......... .S.W.B L/Cpl Thomas Jeremiah........ .S.W.B Pte Albert E. Dunstan........... ..S.W.B Cpl Alfred Cook.................. ..R.A.C Tpr Louis Sterlini.................. .R.A.C Corner plaque 2nd World war
O.S Mervyn H. Pontin........... ..R.N O.S William H.J. Uppington.....R.N Stoker W. Patrich O'Grady..... .R.N Stoker Harry Gibbon................R.N A.B Kenneth J. Price................R.N Stwd Kenneth H. Gregory....... M.N Stwd Sam Messer................... M.N Cook Lionel Follett................. M.N. Driver Ralph Evans.................RASC Driver J. Howard James..........RASC Driver Clifford Harrison..........RASC Pte Robert G. Roberts............ .Welch Regt Cpl William C. Dixon..............Welch Regt Side stone
L/Stoker Charles Thomas Nicholls ......R.N Trooper R.L. McDonald 320839......... R.H Additional stone To commemorate those service personnel who lost their lives during hostile action since the 2nd World war
Sgt T. Wayne Crump........... ..............R.A L/Cpl Jeffrey Vernon Young....... ......RH G/D SAC Mark A. Bowen G8271431...... R.A.F
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