Just Wondering......................

[JimmyC]

Have any of you been to this wee memorial????

Or have you got any pictures of it......................

Might get a chance to get over to see it this year..........................

 

[Racoon]

wow,looks stunning....it's just over the hill from me, i'll go and see if i can find it when i get a spare minute and let you know.

 

[JimmyC]

wow,looks stunning....it's just over the hill from me, i'll go and see if i can find it when i get a spare minute and let you know.

That would be great......................It's a beautiful monument ..................................

 

[Mr K]

Could someone post a map ref or Garmin thingy.

If you'd be so kind.

Thanks,

Chris.

 

[JimmyC]

Christchurch Garnant............

I see an angel in the middle of this picture..............could it be the angel holding Mollie Davies??????????

 

[Mr K]

Carmarthenshire?

 

[longdog]

Here are the details...........

GARNANT (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD - Carmarthenshire
Commonwealth War Dead 1939-1945
DAVIES, Volunteer, MARY DOREEN (MOLLIE), W/21697. Auxiliary Territorial Service. 13th February 1940. Age 19. Daughter of Handel and Miriam Davies, of Swansea. Grave 1. N.

As found in here

 

[JimmyC]

Carmarthenshire?

Not too sure Chris................but think it may be in Garnant Graveyard........if that's in Carmarthenshire......think maybe it is........would love to know.....................

 

[JimmyC]

Just found out some more about Mollie Davies...................
Apparently she died of meningitis while in the service of the ATS..............she was also the first member of the ATS to die in WW2..................


Be great if somebody could post a picture of her resting place....................

 

[Bikerbaz78]

Have any of you been to this wee memorial????

Or have you got any pictures of it......................

Might get a chance to get over to see it this year..........................

Reading into longdog's find the listing shows;

Commonwealth War Dead 1939-1945
DAVIES, Volunteer, MARY DOREEN (MOLLIE), W/21697. Auxiliary Territorial Service. 13th February 1940. Age 19. Daughter of Handel and Miriam Davies, of Swansea. Grave 1. N.
GARNDIFFAITH (ST. JOHN'S) BURIAL GROUND - Monmouthshire

So we need to go search Monmouthshire??? I cant work out what the link to Garnant is as detailed in the bottom right corner of the picture? Maybe the photographer?

Interesting none the less!

 

[Racoon]

Reading into longdog's find the listing shows;

Commonwealth War Dead 1939-1945
DAVIES, Volunteer, MARY DOREEN (MOLLIE), W/21697. Auxiliary Territorial Service. 13th February 1940. Age 19. Daughter of Handel and Miriam Davies, of Swansea. Grave 1. N.
GARNDIFFAITH (ST. JOHN'S) BURIAL GROUND - Monmouthshire

So we need to go search Monmouthshire??? I cant work out what the link to Garnant is as detailed in the bottom right corner of the picture? Maybe the photographer?

Interesting none the less!

don't be confused it's in garnant,carmarthenshire,the monmouthshire burial ground refers to the next poor soul listed below mollie. will go and take pics as soon as the iceyness goes from the roads.

 

[longdog]

don't be confused it's in garnant,carmarthenshire,the monmouthshire burial ground refers to the next poor soul listed below mollie. will go and take pics as soon as the iceyness goes from the roads.

Thanks for putting the record straight Ro, yes, the church is in Garnant, Carmarthenshire.

 

[Bikerbaz78]

DOH!!! I must have had square blurred eyes by then...

I got past their at least once a week only normally by that time its dark

Did you get the pics of it from someone?

 

[JimmyC]

Did you get the pics of it from someone?

Pic came from a WDM20 BSA website...............and the graveyard one I found on the Garnant website................
Be great to see the actual resting place.............

Mollie Davies would have ridden one of these......................this is my one............and no............I didn't ride it in the War!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JimmyC]

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[Racoon]

take the turning opposite the pharmacy shop on the main road in the middle of Garnant,go down the hill,over the railway tracks,turn right before the school and the church is there on the right.sorry pics are abit big but i can't shrink them.lots of other angels in the churchyard too so molly is in good company.

 

[JimmyC]

take the turning opposite the pharmacy shop on the main road in the middle of Garnant,go down the hill,over the railway tracks,turn right before the school and the church is there on the right.sorry pics are abit big but i can't shrink them.lots of other angels in the churchyard too so molly is in good company.

Racoon.......................

Want to say Thank You for the pictures and for finding Mollie's resting place.....................

Very much appreciated.........................................hope to get to it sometime.........................

Noodles.................................