The brass plaque with the names of the fallen in the 2 world wars in the Memorial Hall is passed on a daily basis, however there are others in the town. There are two 1st World War memorials in the Library in Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron, one a very large oak memorial ornately carved by the Belgium refugee Joseph Reubens. The other displays photographs of the fallen who attended ACS, young men from the town and countryside. The Memorial for the 2nd World War is a bronze plaque again naming former pupils of the school.
Other memorials you will find will be plaques in the local chapels and churches, indeed the bells of Aberaeron Trinity church were installed in 1925 in memory of the 10 church members who died during the 1st World War.
Poignantly many of the local men who fell during the two World Wars have no known graves and their names are recorded on large Memorials in Britain, France, Belgium, Daresaalam and Jerusalem.
Elinor Ingham, 19/11/2024
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