War Memorial - Llanharan, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales

War Memorial WW I, WW II, Korea, Afghanistan

	This monument was erected by the inhabitants of Llanharan in memory of those who fell for king and country in the Great War 1914 - 1918 May the sacrifice they made remind all who look upon it that they too are summoned daily by duty to loyalty and self sacrifice.
CYFODWYD Y COFADAIL HON CAN DRICOLION LLANHARAN ER COF AM Y RHAI A SYRTHIODD DROS EU BRENIN AU GWLAD YN Y RHYFEL FAWR 1914 - 1918 BOED I'R ABERTH A WNAETHANT HWY ADGOFIO'R SAWL A EDRYCHO ARNI, Y GELWIR ARNYNT HWYTHAU BOB DYDD CAN DDYLEDSWYDD I DEYRNGARWCH A HUNANABERTH.

1914 - 1918

Lieut. James Griffith Williams
17th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers

2nd Lieutenant Jack Evans
Coldstream Guards

Corporal William James Jones
4th Bn. South Wales Borderers

Driver Edward Brown
Royal Field Artillery 38th Div.

Driver Henry Farnham
Royal Field Artillery 38th Div.

Gunner Sidney Worgan
Royal Garrison Artillery

Private David H. Worgan
10th Gloucestershire Regiment

Private Charles E. Worgan
7th Gloucestershire Regiment

Private William Cottrell
South Wales Borderers

Private Charles Robert Cottrell
2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment

Private Reginald Sheppard
17th Bn Welsh Regiment

Private Ernest Beavington
14th Hussars

Private George Merry
2nd Monmouthshire Regiment

Private Francis Coles
Rifle Brigade & Welsh Regiment

Private Henry Lewis
South Wales Borderers

Private George Williams
South Wales Borderers

Private Thomas W. Wyatt
Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Sergeant Richard Smith
1st Bn. Welsh Regiment

Lance Corporal Lionel Hy(?) Lander
13th Worcester Regiment

Private Thomas E. Worgan
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1939 - 1945 and Korea

Probably:
Petty Officer Francis Richard Evans
Australian Royal Navy, HMAS "Sydney"

Able Seaman Charles W. Haines
Royal Navy, HMS "Wellington"

Probably:
Lead. Airman William Ernest Way
Royal Navy, HMS "Gebe"

Lance Corporal William Lodwick
Middlesex Regiment

Private. M. V. Cogbill
??? Corps

Private Edward Ensor
2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Lance Corporal Wilfred Robert Hart
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

Gunner Percy Humphrey
49th Bn. Royal Artillery

Gunner Roy James
Royal Artillery

Private David John
2nd/5th Welsh Regiment

Lance Serjeant Matthew William Johns
1st Bn. Welsh Guards

Gunner David Benjamin Jones
Royal Artillery

Guardsman J. Vivian Kuner
?? Bn. Welsh Guards

Guardsman George Redman
?? Bn. Welsh Guards

Private Ivor Rees
2nd/5Th Welsh Regiment

Private Idris Walter Thomas
1st Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment

Private Ivor Thomas
2nd/5Th Welsh Regiment

Private Rees Thomas
Pioneer Corps

C. Q. M. S. Winston Wareham
1st Welsh Regiment

Sapper Thomas Waterman
Royal Engineers

Gunner Henry Woodland
Royal Artillery

Lance Corporal Llewellyn Williams
Welsh Regiment

Sergeant/Gunner David William Edmunds
Royal Air Force

?/Sergeant Gordon Edwards
Royal Air Force

?/Sergeant Richard C. Haines
Royal Air Force

L. A. C. Norman Lewis
Royal Air Force

Flying Officer Sidney James Pugh
Royal Air Force

L. A. C. Glyndwr Rogers
Royal Air Force

L. A. C. W. Betty Thorne
Women's Auxiliary Air Force

Flight Sergeant William Watkins
Royal Air Force

Afghanistan

Gdsman Craig Andrew Roderick
1st Bn. Welsh Regiment

Gdsman Jamie Shadrake
1st Bn. Grenadier Guards

One of three British soldiers killed when an individual wearing an Afghan National Civil Order Police uniform turned his weapon on their patrol as it was leaving a checkpoint in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 2, 2012

Jamie Shadrake died of gunshot wounds when his checkpoint was attacked by insurgents in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on August 17, 2012

Who can provide a picture of the backside (WW II/Korea) of the memorial?

This page is dedicated to the 10 million victims of World War I and 60 million victims of World War II.
We should always remember the immense grief and loss each war brought to the world.

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