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Llantwit Major

Town or City: Llantwit Major
County: South Glamorgan
Country: Wales
WMT Reference Number: WM4689

Value of grant: £2370.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Restoration
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2014

UKNIWM reference number: 6700

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Llantwit Major war memorial after grant works ©Llantwit Major Town Council 2014Llantwit Major war memorial is located on Church Street and takes the form of a cross. The memorial is composed of a stepped base surmounted by a plinth, shaft and Celtic cross. The inscriptions appear on plaques fixed to the plinth and are incised in a stone tablet shaped like a book to the front of the memorial.

In 2014 War Memorials Trust offered a grant of £2,370 towards the conservation of this memorial. The inscription on the memorial, and in particular the stone tablet, had loss legibility due to weathering, in total about 142 words needed re-engraving. Where the letters were no longer legible they were sharpened on an individual basis using hand tools.

Llantwit Major war memorial was erected in 1921 and the cross unveiled to commemorate the fallen of the First World War. The sandstone prayer book was erected under the cross between 1947 and 1948 and dedicated to the fallen of the Second World War. Llantwit Major war memorial after works ©Llantwit Major Town Council 2014

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM4689
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 6700

War Memorials Online: 170913

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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