2019
SO1500 : Welsh/English plaque for The Man Who Never Was, Aberbargoed War Memorial
taken 6 years ago, near to Aberbargoed, Caerphilly/Caerffili, Wales
Welsh/English plaque for The Man Who Never Was, Aberbargoed War Memorial
Located here. Link Glyndwr Michael (1909-1943) was a native of Aberbargoed. After his death, he was The Man Who Never Was, a strategy which played a major part in the course of World War II. His corpse, disguised as a Royal Marines officer, was put into the Mediterranean with a briefcase containing documents which convinced the Germans that the Allies planned to attack Greece in the summer of 1943. The real target was Italy.
War Memorials
War memorials were mainly constructed after WWI to commemorate the troops who gave their lives in the war. Many were then updated after WWII. Some war memorials date back to the Boer War. Almost every town and village in Britain has a War Memorial. They take many forms, the commonest being an obelisk, a cross or statue of a soldier. Some commemorate the inhabitants of a place, some are for schools and others are for companies or Military groupings.
Many memorials are grade II listed, 61 are II* listed, Link*_listed_war_memorials_in_England
& 12 are Grade I listed. Link
A search for memorials can be carried out at Link
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- Grid Square
- SO1500, 233 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Jaggery (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Wednesday, 5 June, 2019 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 6 September, 2019
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SO 1553 0008 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:41.5855N 3:13.4088W - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
- View Direction
- East-southeast (about 112 degrees)