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Latitude: 51.6821 / 51°40'55"N
Longitude: -4.1642 / 4°9'51"W
OS Eastings: 250475
OS Northings: 200366
OS Grid: SN504003
Mapcode National: GBR GS.V1P8
Mapcode Global: VH3MB.RZXD
Plus Code: 9C3QMRJP+R8
Entry Name: Great War Memorial in Gardens at the Town Hall
Listing Date: 12 March 1992
Last Amended: 12 March 1992
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 11964
Building Class: Commemorative
Also known as: Great War Memorial in Gardens at the Town Hall
ID on this website: 300011964
Location: Situated in Town Hall Gardens to N of Town Hall.
County: Carmarthenshire
Community: Llanelli
Community: Llanelli
Built-Up Area: Llanelli
Traditional County: Carmarthenshire
Tagged with: War memorial Sculpture
1923 War Memorial to dead of Great War; bronze sculptures by W Goscombe John set against grey granite cenotaph.
Single stone step, then curved-fronted grey granite base with 'To the glorious memory of the men of Llanelly' and 'Teyrnged Llanelli i'w gwroniaid' inscribed. The sculpted monument has plinth broken forward with heavily carved laurel festoon under bronze of soldier and artilleryman at ease, over life-size, against bronze back panel. Granite rear wall with splayed foot and heavy capstone, inscribed 'Pro Patria 1914-1919 - 1939-1945'.
Bronze is signed W Goscombe John RA and was made by A B Burton, bronzefounder of Thames Ditton, Surrey. Unveiled 27 October 1923 by Major General S F Mott, commander 53rd Welsh Division, and originally sited opposite Town Hall, but later moved for road widening.
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