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Welsh Newton and Llanrothal

Town or City: Welsh Newton
County: Herefordshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM3895

Value of grant: £207.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2010

UKNIWM reference number: 33041

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The memorial before grant works © I. Smyth, 2010Welsh Newton and Llanrothal war memorial is located near St Mary’s Church on the junction of the A466 and Hangrove Road, Welsh Newton. The memorial is a sandstone Latin cross on a two-stepped square base. The inscriptions are incised on the top step and commemorate those killed in both World Wars. The memorial is Grade II listed.

In 2010 War Memorials Trust gave a grant of £207 towards conservation and repair works to the memorial. These works included cleaning the memorial with natural bristle brushes and water as well as wooden spatulas to remove moss and lichen to improve the legibility of the inscriptions and defective joints were raked out by hand and re-pointed in lime mortar.The memorial before grant works © I. Smyth, 2010

The memorial is made of stone from Buckholt Quarry and funded by public subscription. The memorial was sculpted and installed by Mr Arthur Hall of Monmouth. The memorial was dedicated on 11th November 1920 and this was reported in the 12th November 1920 edition of the Monmouth Beacon.

The inscriptions on the memorial read:The memorial after grant works © Welsh Newton & Llanrothal Parish Council, 2010

“To the glory of God and in memory of those
who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918
This cross is erected by the parishioners of Welsh Newton and Llanrothal
R.I.P.
Wallace Palmer.
David Emanuel Pritchard.
William Harold Dobbs.”

“In memory of the men of this parish who
fell in the World War
1939 – 1945
Charles Mallett
Leonard Preddy Cleaned and re-pointed stone © Welsh Newton & Llanrothal Parish Council, 2010
Gerald Pritchard
Charles Webb
R.I.P.”

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM3895
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 33041

War Memorials Online: 91301

The National Heritage List for England

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

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