Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

• the virtues of soldiers:
  sacrifice - courage - victory - honour

• On the front a plaque with coat of arms of Wales and text, and on the other sides plaques with the roll on honour and on the chamfers the names of 44 of the main battlefields:

  1914     1918 in remembrance of the men of the county of pembroke who at the call of king and country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced danger and finally passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty and self sacrifice giving up their own lives that others might live in freedom. let those who come after see to it that their names be not forgotten.

  heligoland coronel falkland isles north sea jutland zeebrugge ostend straits of dover mediterranean baltic white sea

  france flanders gallipoli mesopotamia east africa egypt palestine macedonia italy india russia

  mons marne aisne ypres loos somme arras lys amiens hindenburg line selle

  valenciennes sambre helles suvla kut ctesiphon gaza jerusalem megiddo doiran asiago

• On the front at the bottom an extra plaque with names.

Annotation

War memorial - list of names

Sculptor

• Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

• Steven John, Pembroke County War Memorial.
• United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials, UKNIWM.

Tags

• Town: Haverfordwest - Hwlffordd
• County: Pembrokeshire - Sir Benfro
• Subdivision: Wales
• Country: Great Britain
• Coat of arms
• Dragon
• Virtues
• War Memorial (UK - WWI)

Location (N 51°48'8" - W 4°57'57")