The memorial plaque commemorates the dead of Gurnos Chapel who died fighting for their country in both world wars.

The plaque commemorates the deaths of Tom Hughes of the congregation, killed in 1918 during the First World War, and Islwyn Jones, David Winston Jenkins and John James Lewis killed in the Second World War.

This translation from the Welsh of the text of the Gurnos War Memorial is courtesy of Kevin Davies of Godre'rgraig.

Of those listed:-

Tom Hughes is on the Ystalyfera Memorial for WW1
John James Lewis is on the Ystradgynlais Memorial for WW2
Islwyn Jones and David Winston Jenkins are on the Ystalyfera War Memorial for WW2

This photograph shows the inside of Gurnos Chapel, with the gallery and the War Memorial plaque located beneath the clock on the wooden balustrade.

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