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Recording the story of Blaenau Gwent and its people during the First World War - supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund
  • Memorial Organ, Christ Church, Ebbw Vale
    Memorial Organ, Christ Church, Ebbw Vale
  • 1st Welsh Field Ambulance R.A.M.C. Memorial Plaque, Christ Church, Ebbw Vale
    1st Welsh Field Ambulance R.A.M.C. Memorial Plaque, Christ Church, Ebbw Vale
  • A Great Peace Carnival, Peace Day, Saturday 19 July 1919
    A Great Peace Carnival, Peace Day, Saturday 19 July 1919
  • Ebbw Vale & District Peace Celebrations, 19-26 July 1919
    Ebbw Vale & District Peace Celebrations, 19-26 July 1919
  • Monmouthshire Regiment (3rd Mons) marching along Beaufort Road towards Ebbw Vale - possibly 5 Aug 1914
    Monmouthshire Regiment (3rd Mons) marching along Beaufort Road towards Ebbw Vale - possibly 5 Aug 1914
  • Monmouthshire Regiment at the Crossing, Ebbw Vale
    Monmouthshire Regiment at the Crossing, Ebbw Vale
  • Departure of the 3rd Mons from Ebbw Vale, 5th August 1914.
    Departure of the 3rd Mons from Ebbw Vale, 5th August 1914.
  • David William Williams
    David William Williams
  • James John
    James John
  • Thomas William Hickson
    Thomas William Hickson
  • Geoffrey Alexander Gravenor, Distinguished Conduct Medal & Croix De Guerre
    Geoffrey Alexander Gravenor, Distinguished Conduct Medal & Croix De Guerre
  • John Henry Evans
    John Henry Evans
  • Edward Evans
    Edward Evans
  • David Edwards
    David Edwards
  • David John Bradley
    David John Bradley
  • William George Barnes
    William George Barnes
  • Worthy Bull Memorial Plaque, St David's Church, Beaufort
    Worthy Bull Memorial Plaque, St David's Church, Beaufort
  • Ethel Annie Llewelyn memorial plaque
    Ethel Annie Llewelyn memorial plaque
  • War memorial to the fallen employees of the Ebbw Vale Company
    War memorial to the fallen employees of the Ebbw Vale Company
  • Ebbw Vale County Intermediate School Memorial
    Ebbw Vale County Intermediate School Memorial
  • Drill Hall, Cwm
    Drill Hall, Cwm
  • James Street Wesleyan Church Memorials, Ebbw Vale
    James Street Wesleyan Church Memorials, Ebbw Vale
  • Dedication of Ebbw Vale Civic War Memorial
    Dedication of Ebbw Vale Civic War Memorial
  • Dedication of Abertillery Civic War Memorial
    Dedication of Abertillery Civic War Memorial
  • Llanhilleth Roll of Honour
    Llanhilleth Roll of Honour
  • Dedication of Brynmawr War Memorial - 30th October 1927
    Dedication of Brynmawr War Memorial - 30th October 1927
  • Calvary Baptist Church WW1 Memorial
    Calvary Baptist Church WW1 Memorial
  • Bailey Street Presbyterian Chapel WW1 memorial plaque
    Bailey Street Presbyterian Chapel WW1 memorial plaque
  • Private Ewart Huggins' WW1 memorial
    Private Ewart Huggins' WW1 memorial
  • Congregational Chapel, Queen Street, Brynmawr - Roll of Honour 1914-1919
    Congregational Chapel, Queen Street, Brynmawr - Roll of Honour 1914-1919
  • St Peter's Church Memorial to men of the parish who were killed during WW1
    St Peter's Church Memorial to men of the parish who were killed during WW1
  • WW1 memorial to men of the congregation of St. Peter's Church, Blaina
    WW1 memorial to men of the congregation of St. Peter's Church, Blaina
  • WW1 Roll of Honour, Primitive Methodist Church, Gladstone Street, Blaina
    WW1 Roll of Honour, Primitive Methodist Church, Gladstone Street, Blaina
  • Blaina Constitutional Club - Roll of Honour
    Blaina Constitutional Club - Roll of Honour
  • Holy Trinity Church WW1 Memorial Plaque, Nantyglo
    Holy Trinity Church WW1 Memorial Plaque, Nantyglo
  • WW1 Memorial Plaque from Penuel Presbyterian Church - now at Siloh Uniting Church, Bridge Street, Tredegar
    WW1 Memorial Plaque from Penuel Presbyterian Church - now at Siloh Uniting Church, Bridge Street, Tredegar
  • PRINCETOWN & TAFARNAUBACH WELCOME HOME FUND ROLL OF HONOUR
    PRINCETOWN & TAFARNAUBACH WELCOME HOME FUND ROLL OF HONOUR
  • Trefil WW1 Roll of Honour
    Trefil WW1 Roll of Honour
  • Roll of Honour of men of Siloh's congregation who were killed and also those who served in the armed forces and returned in WW1
    Roll of Honour of men of Siloh's congregation who were killed and also those who served in the armed forces and returned in WW1
  • Siloh Baptist Church, Bridge Street, Tredegar - Memorial Plaque to men killed in WW1
    Siloh Baptist Church, Bridge Street, Tredegar - Memorial Plaque to men killed in WW1
  • Troedrhiwgwair WW1 Memorial Oak Lectern - now Prayer desk at St. James' Church, Tredegar
    Troedrhiwgwair WW1 Memorial Oak Lectern - now Prayer desk at St. James' Church, Tredegar
  • Sergeant William Baxter Memorial Window & Plaque, St James’ Church, Tredegar
    Sergeant William Baxter Memorial Window & Plaque, St James’ Church, Tredegar
  • St James’ Church WW1 Memorial, Georgetown, Tredegar
    St James’ Church WW1 Memorial, Georgetown, Tredegar
  • Zephaniah Thomas, Tredegar
    Zephaniah Thomas, Tredegar
  • Siloh Uniting Church, Bridge Street, Tredegar
    Siloh Uniting Church, Bridge Street, Tredegar
  • Memorial Plaque to men killed from (former) English Baptist Church, Tredegar
    Memorial Plaque to men killed from (former) English Baptist Church, Tredegar
  • Saint Mary's (Anglican) Church, Brynmawr - Jack Jenkins
    Saint Mary's (Anglican) Church, Brynmawr - Jack Jenkins
  • Saint Mary's (Anglican) Church, Brynmawr - Memorial window dedicated to James Joynson
    Saint Mary's (Anglican) Church, Brynmawr - Memorial window dedicated to James Joynson
  • Saint Mary's (Anglican) Church WW1 Roll of Honour, Brynmawr
    Saint Mary's (Anglican) Church WW1 Roll of Honour, Brynmawr
  • War memorial outside Cwm Library
    War memorial outside Cwm Library
  • Llanhilleth Council School Roll of Honour
    Llanhilleth Council School Roll of Honour
  • Llanhilleth Institute War Memorial
    Llanhilleth Institute War Memorial
  • Francis Cousins, 3 Pleasant View, Llanhilleth - Royal Navy
    Francis Cousins, 3 Pleasant View, Llanhilleth - Royal Navy
  • Drill Hall, Abertillery
    Drill Hall, Abertillery
  • Owen Gwilym Jones
    Owen Gwilym Jones
  • Cyril Place, 1915 - named after Cyril Salt who died in April 1915 on the Western Front
    Cyril Place, 1915 - named after Cyril Salt who died in April 1915 on the Western Front
  • When Julian came to Ebbw Vale
    When Julian came to Ebbw Vale
  • Commemorative mug produced by Abertillery Urban District Council
    Commemorative mug produced by Abertillery Urban District Council
  • William Bevan & Walter Charles Porch - 2 coal hewers from Tredegar killed on the same day in April 1915
    William Bevan & Walter Charles Porch - 2 coal hewers from Tredegar killed on the same day in April 1915
  • 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment - first draft at Abergavenny, August 1914
    3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment - first draft at Abergavenny, August 1914
  • Senior ranks of Tredegar men of the 3rd Battalion of Monmouthshire Regiment in 1914
    Senior ranks of Tredegar men of the 3rd Battalion of Monmouthshire Regiment in 1914
  • Japanese cake in the shape of a chrysanthemum flower
    Japanese cake in the shape of a chrysanthemum flower
  • Badge of the Brecknockshire Territorials
    Badge of the Brecknockshire Territorials
  • William O'Brien's letter to home
    William O'Brien's letter to home
  • Lance-Corporal Idris James Lewis
    Lance-Corporal Idris James Lewis
  • Lost Memorial Plaque from Hermon Baptist Church, Nantyglo
    Lost Memorial Plaque from Hermon Baptist Church, Nantyglo
  • Clydach House, Brynmawr
    Clydach House, Brynmawr
  • Saint Peter's Church, Blaina
    Saint Peter's Church, Blaina
  • Nantyglo and Blaina Civic War Memorial, Central Park, Blaina
    Nantyglo and Blaina Civic War Memorial, Central Park, Blaina
  • Memorial Panels - United Reformed Church, Blaina
    Memorial Panels - United Reformed Church, Blaina
  • Roll of Honour - Teachers And Past Scholars Of The Blaina Boys School Now Serving With The Colours
    Roll of Honour - Teachers And Past Scholars Of The Blaina Boys School Now Serving With The Colours
  • Princess Mary's Gift Box Christmas 1914
    Princess Mary's Gift Box Christmas 1914
  • Abertillery Intermediate (later County) School Memorial
    Abertillery Intermediate (later County) School Memorial
  • Memorial Organ and 3 brass plaques at Tabernacle Congregational Church, Chapel Street, Abertillery
    Memorial Organ and 3 brass plaques at Tabernacle Congregational Church, Chapel Street, Abertillery
  • Memorial Organ at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Park Place, Abertillery
    Memorial Organ at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Park Place, Abertillery

Welcome

This is the website of the ‘Blaenau Gwent in the First World War Research Project’ and part of the Gwent Heritage network of community archives. Here you can browse through our collection of historical material, which includes photos, documents and the stories of the experience of Blaenau Gwent and its people during the First World War. This project has been generously supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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Featured items
  • Tredegar war distress football tournament 1916-17 {silver fob}

    Tredegar war distress football tournament 1916-17 {silver fob}

  • Captain Francis Harry Vaughan Bevan

    Captain Francis Harry Vaughan Bevan

  • Memorial Organ, Christ Church, Ebbw Vale

    Memorial Organ, Christ Church, Ebbw Vale

  • 1st Welsh Field Ambulance R.A.M.C. Memorial Plaque, Christ Church, Ebbw Vale

    1st Welsh Field Ambulance R.A.M.C. Memorial Plaque, Christ Church, Ebbw Vale

  • List of all service men killed or who died on active service from the Ebbw Vale Urban District area, 19 July 1919

    List of all service men killed or who died on active service from the Ebbw Vale Urban District area, 19 July 1919

  • Children's Service, Tabernacle Church, Peace Day, Saturday 19 July 1919

    Children's Service, Tabernacle Church, Peace Day, Saturday 19 July 1919

Recent items
  • Tredegar war distress football tournament 1916-17 {silver fob}

    Tredegar war distress football tournament 1916-17 {silver fob}

  • Captain Francis Harry Vaughan Bevan

    Captain Francis Harry Vaughan Bevan

  • Memorial Organ, Christ Church, Ebbw Vale

    Memorial Organ, Christ Church, Ebbw Vale

  • John Ferrent Davies' memorial lectern stand, Christ Church, Ebbw Vale

    John Ferrent Davies' memorial lectern stand, Christ Church, Ebbw Vale

  • 1st Welsh Field Ambulance R.A.M.C. Memorial Plaque, Christ Church, Ebbw Vale

    1st Welsh Field Ambulance R.A.M.C. Memorial Plaque, Christ Church, Ebbw Vale

  • List of all service men killed or who died on active service from the Ebbw Vale Urban District area, 19 July 1919

    List of all service men killed or who died on active service from the Ebbw Vale Urban District area, 19 July 1919

Main categories
  • Food & Rationing (1)
  • Military Service (20)
  • Families (3)
  • Women & female roles (5)
  • Fund Raising & War Savings (3)
  • Artefacts of wartime service (4)
  • Memorials & Monuments (87)
  • Peace & Remembering (10)
  • Belgian refugees (1)
  • Recruitment for War Service (2)
  • Military Infrastructure (2)
  • 3rd Monmouthshire Battalion (12)
Popular locations

These are the most popular locations used on the site. The more popular the keyword, the bigger the font size.

  • Ebbw Vale (37)
  • Tredegar (32)
  • Nantyglo & Blaina (17)
  • Brynmawr (15)
  • Abertillery (13)
  • Blaina Heritage Museum (5)
  • Llanhilleth (4)
  • Cwm (4)
  • St Peter's Blaina (3)
  • Bedwellty House (1)

View all the locations used in this catalogue.

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