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Readers may like to know that we had reason to make a correction to a recent Glamorgan Gazette article. Details are as follows: “The Garw Valley Heritage Society, who were solely responsible for the investigation and research into the number of Garw men who had lost their lives in the First World War, would like…
The Garw Valley Heritage Society will be holding its last WW1 exhibition for this year in the Hall at Blaengarw on Wednesday15th and Thursday 16th 10am-4pm, and Friday17th October 10am -1pm.
As part of the country-wide commemmorations to mark the start of the First World War, the GVHS has arranged exhibitions of posters, photographs, artefacts and medals, including personal letters and stories of those who went from the Garw to serve in the war. Exhibitions have been held in Bettws, Bryngarw House, Braich-y-Cymer and Pontycymer, and…
by Gerald Jarvis When the Garw Valley Heritage Society made a decision to produce a booklet to accompany the series of exhibitions we were to hold throughout 2014 in the Garw Valley, one of the aims was to update the list of those men we knew had left to go to the war, but who…
We have great pleasure in presenting our World War 1 Booklet. The booklet has been published to accompany our exhibition, on World War One in the Garw Valley which as well as containing the Roll of Honour, will give biographical details of some of the men who went, the hardships they endured, and the medals…