Shropshire Star

Rhayader's war memorial will be re-dedicated on Remembrance Sunday

A special ceremony will take place to rededicate Rhayader’s war memorial and clock to mark its 100th year anniversary.

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The re-dedication service will take place on Sunday November 10, the morning of the nation’s Remembrance Sunday events. It will start at 10.15am prior to the Remembrance Service.

The war memorial and town clock was actually unveiled and dedicated on September 18 1924, making it 100 years old this year.

It was erected on the square in Rhayader in honoured memory of the men of the parishes of Rhayader, Abbey-Cwm-Hir, Cwmdauddwr, Llanwrthwl, Nantmel and St Harmon who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 to 1919.