Lampeter War Memorial

So what does Lampeter War Memorial have in common with the Valleys town of Aberdare ? There is a clue in the photograph. The memorial was sculpted by the eminent Welsh sculptor Sir William Goscombe John.

Goscombe John designed the Lampeter War Memorial and it was unveiled in 1921. A year earlier his statue of the conductor Griffith Rhys Jones - known as ‘Caradog’ - was unveiled in Victoria Square Aberdare.

Goscombe John designed a number of war memorials situated in Wales, including one at Penarth, Llandaff, and Carmarthen (photos published on Aberdare Blog previously here).