Sited in Nott Square in the centre of Carmarthen is the impressive Boer War Memorial. The Memorial takes the form of an Officer in uniform, proudly stood on top of a pillar, bearing granite panels that commemorate the men of the County of Carmarthenshire who died during the South African Boer War. There are currently plans being discussed by the Council to move this historical monument and replace it with a statue of Merlin. Is History less important than legend and tourism?

Carmarthen Anglo-Boer War Memorial

TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF HER SONS, WHO DIED DURING THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1902, CARMARTHENSHIRE DEDICATES THIS MEMORIAL.

GWELL ANGAU NA CWARTH


W. ARTHUR, Private, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment
James S. BAGNALL GETHING, Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, South Wales Borderers.
H. BASKERVILLE, Sapper, Royal Engineers
F.J. BROWN, Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers.
G. DAVIES, Private, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment
Joseph DAVIES, Corporal, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment
T. DAVIES, Private, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
W. DAVIES, Private, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment
W.D. DAVIES, Sergeant, Brabants Horse
W.P. DAVIES, Private, Grenadier Guards
W.L. FITZWILLIAMS, Lance Corporal, V.A.S. Company A, Argylle and Sutherland Highlanders
H.G. HALL, Lance Corporal, Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
R. HOWELL, Corporal, Diamond Field Horse
T. HUGHES, Private, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment
W.J. JACOBS, Lance Corporal, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
W. JAMES, Private, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers.
W. JAMES, Trooper, Scot’s Sharpshooters
Dan JONES, Private, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment
George JONES, Private, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment
Jno JONES, Private, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers.
W.F. JONES, Plumer’s Column
F. LEWIS, Trooper, Wiltshire Yeomanry
W. MORGAN, Lance Corporal, Mounted Rifles
Thomas MORRIS, Lieutenant, The Carabiniers
T. OWENS, Private, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment
T. PARRY, Trooper, Middlesex Yeomanry
T.L. RICHARDS, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment
I. SMEDLEY, Private, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment
T. THOMAS, Private, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
J. WALES, Trooper, The Carabiniers
E.R. WEBB, Trooper, Gloucestershire Yeomanry
S. WILLIAMS, Trooper, Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
William Arthur Glanmor WILLIAMS, D.S.O., Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

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