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Cwar y Gigfran, Memorial I

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NPRN246245
Map ReferenceSO02SE
Grid ReferenceSO0616620039
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyBrecknockshire
CommunityTalybont-on-usk
Type Of SiteCOMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT
PeriodModern
Description
A stone memorial erected to commemorate the crew of a Wellington Bomber that crashed here in 1942, NPRN 246245. The memorial is a beehive "cairn", mortared for two thirds of its height, the upper part being unmortared. A slate plaque on west side of the memorial reads "At this place on 6th July 1942 the Wellington Bomber R1465 crashed with the loss of all its Canadian crew. Here died R88687 F/SGT KEMP JB, Pilot, R71725 F/SGT MITTEL EE, R75322 SGT BEATTY HC, R82352 SGT HAYES JP, R106035 SGT YUILL KF, Remember Them". The memorial is still regularly visited and services held here. J.J. Hall, Trysor, 5 November 2008.