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Latitude: 51.5755 / 51°34'31"N
Longitude: -3.2177 / 3°13'3"W
OS Eastings: 315712
OS Northings: 186998
OS Grid: ST157869
Mapcode National: GBR HW.CWYG
Mapcode Global: VH6DT.5NSK
Plus Code: 9C3RHQGJ+6W
Entry Name: War Memorial
Listing Date: 18 February 1999
Last Amended: 18 February 1999
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 21378
Building Class: Commemorative
ID on this website: 300021378
Location: In a prominent position opposite Caerphilly Castle, at the junction of Castle Street and Market Street.
County: Caerphilly
Town: Caerphilly
Community: Caerphilly (Caerffili)
Community: Caerphilly
Locality: Caerphilly Centre
Built-Up Area: Caerphilly
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: War memorial
Commemorating those who fell in the Great War 1914-19, with an addition to those who died in World War II (1939-45). A third plaque records two soldiers who died in Northern Ireland. The memorial is reminiscent of the war memorials by Lutyens, such as the Whitehall Cenotaph and Manchester Memorial.
Massive square-section pillar of polished grey granite. The upper section is slightly stepped in, below a shallow capping stone with roll mouldings. The angles of the pillar are cut away with fillets, emphasising the height. On a short base of unpolished granite, on a 3-tier stone platform which is surrounded by low hollow-section steel railings.
The memorials are on the S face of the pillar beneath the dates 1914 - 1919 incribed in gold letters. A rectangular bronze plaque reads 'To the glory of god in memory of the men of Caerphilly who laid down their lives in the Great War'. The men are recorded below in 3 columns. A smaller bronze plaque underneath reads 'In memory of our townspeople who lost their lives in World War II 1939-1945. We will remember them.' Those who died, including civilians, are listed. At the bottom is a third plaque in memory of 2 men who died in Northern Ireland in 1971 and 1972. All three plaques are framed.
Towards the top of the N and S faces is a circular bronze plaque depicting the leaning SE tower of the castle, within a wreath and surrounded by a frame. A pair of bronze spears are mounted on the E and W faces, between which is the motto 'better death than dishonour'.
Listed as a fine war memorial of historic interest located in a prominent position.
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