James Street Wesleyan Church Memorials, Ebbw Vale
Originally sited inside the Wesleyan Church, James Street, Ebbw Vale. This memorial consists of two white marble plaques that were removed from the church prior to its demolition c.1985. An incomplete list of names from the memorials was reproduced in a history of the Wesleyan church by local historian, Keith Thomas in 1987. Subsequently, both memorials were stored inside the basement of Bedwellty House in Tredegar and there, a decade later they were recorded (in full) by Ray Westlake and subsequently published by the same in 2002 – First World War Graves and Memorials in Gwent Volume 2, pp,171-172. Later, both memorials were re-located to the civic cenotaph in Ebbw Vale where they have been fixed against a wall inside the enclosure, although now exposed to the elements. The names on both rolls of honour have been incised into the stone although, inexplicably on one of the stones only, the black infill has been completely removed thus rendering the inscription extremely difficult to read. The other stone is however extremely easy to read. Aside from weathering, despite the fact that the gates to the enclosure are normally padlocked, these stones are also vulnerable to vandalism or theft; one of the memorial stones originally from another local chapel has been stolen sometime between May 2014 and October 2015.
James Street Wesleyan Church, Ebbw Vale | |||
1st Memorial Plaque | |||
Rank | Initials | Surname | Service |
CAPT. | P.H. | Morgan | |
LIEUT. | H.L. | Morgan | |
LIEUT. | C. | Parnell | |
P.O. | P.E. | Carter | R.N.A.S. |
P.O. | J.C. | Marchant | R.N. |
W.O. | F. | Hinchcliffe | R.N. |
GUNR. | W.L. | Rees | R.N.V.R. |
A.B. | C.E. | Williams | |
O.S. | W.E. | Williams | |
2ND A.C. | R. | Caswell | R.A.F. |
SERGT. | W. | Parker | |
SERGT. | J.J. | Rees | |
CPL. | E.A.C. | Carter | |
CPL. | P. | Finney | |
CPL. | W.C. | Garland | |
CPL. | J. | Selway | |
L/C. | D. | Edwards | |
L/C. | H. | Edwards | |
L/C. | S. | Fry | |
L/C. | J. | Finney | |
L/C. | A.S. | Jones | |
L/C. | G. | King | |
L/C. | C.S. | Townsend | |
L/C. | F.R. | Winstone | |
GDS.MN. | B. | Edwards | |
GUNR. | G. | Griffiths | |
GUNR. | S. | Hudson | |
GUNR. | W.G. | Price | |
GUNR. | P. | Taylor | |
DRVR. | B. | Caswell | |
DRVR. | J.J.R. | Hudson | |
DRVR. | B. | Hudson | |
DRVR. | A.J. | Jenkins | |
James Street Wesleyan Church, Ebbw Vale | |||
2nd Memorial Plaque | |||
Rank | Initials | Surname | Service |
2ND. A.C. | W. | Jenkins | |
R.FM. | F.P. | Clarke | |
SAPR. | A. | Wilstead | |
PTE. | F. | Burgess | |
PTE. | A. | Cole | |
PTE. | W.J. | Coles | |
PTE. | J.A. | Davies | |
PTE. | S.S. | Davies | |
PTE. | B. | Evans | |
PTE. | G. | Evans | |
PTE. | E. | Griffiths | |
PTE. | T.H. | Griffiths | |
PTE. | W.J. | Griffiths | |
PTE. | H.J. | Helliar | |
PTE. | H.J. | Higgs | |
PTE. | F. | Hill | |
PTE. | W.C. | Hill | |
PTE. | D.T. | James | |
PTE. | H.G. | Jenkins | |
PTE. | S. | Jenkins | |
PTE. | J.H. | Jones | |
PTE. | W.I. | Jones | |
PTE. | J.L. | Morgan | |
PTE. | C. | Parnell | |
PTE. | H.S. | Parnell | |
PTE. | G.J. | Pritchard | |
PTE. | J.D. | Rees | |
PTE. | J. | Richardson | |
PTE. | F.J. | Salway | |
PTE. | G. | Stent | |
PTE. | D.R. | Thomas | |
PTE. | J. | Waldron | |
PTE. | A.E. | Whittington | |
Doris | Genner | W.A.A.C. |
From: James Street Methodist Church – A History of Methodism, Keith Thomas, 1987, page 60
The Roll of Honour of those members of the church, who served in the first World War, was inscribed on two marble plaques placed on each side of the rostrum. It is reproduced here, in recognition of the family connections with this church.
[There follows an incomplete list of names from the memorial]
Pte Bert Hill (At Rest), Pte Alfred Griffiths (At Rest), Pte Harry Livingstone (At Rest), Pte W. J. Coles, Pte J. A. Davies, Pte Sidney Davies, Pte C. Parnell, Pte Joseph Rees, Pte Charles Townsend, Pte George Stent, Pte J. J. Rees, Pte Stanley Hudson, Lance Corporal A. E. Whittington, Lance Corporal Harvey Edwards, Pte Douglas Edwards, Driver Joseph Hudson, Pte Wm. Ivor Jones, Bandsman J. Waldron, Lance Corporal George King, Lance Corporal Alfred Jones, Sgt. Parker, Pte Ben Evans, Pte Horace S. Parnell, Pte Stanley Jenkins, Lance Corporal W. C. Garland, Pte T. H. Griffiths, Pte J. Richardson, Lt. H. Llewelyn Morgan, Sec Lt P. Harold Morgan, Driver Alec J. Jenkins, Drummer K. T. James, Pte E. Griffiths, J. C. Marchant R. N., Percy Carter R. N. A. S. , Pte Wm. James Griffiths, Sgt Major Parnell, Lance Corporal Joshua Finney, Gunner Percy Finney, Pte Bryn Caswell, Pte F. Winstone, Corporal J. Selway, Pte F. Burgess, Pte P. Fry, Pte P. Taylor, Pte Horace Jenkins, Pte Ernest Carter, Leyton Rees R. N. , Pte Wm. . G. Hill, Pte George Griffiths, Pte William Luff, Pte William Cole, Pte C. Ewart Williams
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