The monument is on road junction of the main A48 Newport - Cardiff road in the village of St Mellons. Caerwent. It takes the form of a square obelisk mounted on a three step plinth, all surrounded by low metal railings. On each face, there are the names of two military campaigns in the top panel: France - Italy - Gallipoli - Salonika - Mesopatamia - Palestine - E. Africa - W. Africa. The names are recorded on metal panels affixed to the stone: 23 from the First World War and 12 from the Second World War.

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THE TRIBUTE
OF St MELLONS TO HER
GALLANT SONS WHO WERE
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
IN THE GREAT WAR

1914-1918

ASTON	William	No further information available.
BROWN	Archibald	No further information available.
CAMPBELL	Donald L	No further information available.
CHAPPELL	George	No further information available.
CHAPPELL	Joseph H	[Spelt CHAPPLE on SDGW and CWGC] Private 19108, 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Formerly 7783, 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment. Killed in action 25 September 1915. Born and resident St. Mellons, Cardiff, Monmouthshire, enlisted Newport, Monmouthshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 42 to 44.
CHUDLEIGH	George	No further information available.
DAVID	Spencer G	No further information available.
HARRISON	Alfred W	Private 24411, 5th (Reserve) Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died in United Kingdom 30th April 1916. Aged 19. Enlisted Cardiff. Son of W. H. and Annie Harrison, of Church Lodge, St. Mellons. Buried in ST. MELLONS CHURCHYARD, Monmouthsire.
HUGHES	Walter Robertham	Driver 213459, 3rd Division Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 23rd May 1917. Aged 25. Resident St. Mellons, enlisted Cardiff. Son of Ebenezer and Rosetta Hughes, of St. Mellons, Cardiff; husband of Gwenllian Hughes, of 11, Manor St., Heath, Cardiff. Buried in TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES, Pas de calais, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 6.
IRELAND	William [Henry]	Private 30806, 2nd Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died 5 December 1918. Aged 29. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Ireland, of Blackbirds Rest, St. Mellons, Cardiff. Buried in TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION, Hainaut, Belgium. Plot II. Row J. Grave 44. Also commemorated on St. Mellons Baptist Memorial.
KEMBER	Richard H	No further information available.
LEWIS	Daniel	Private 23573, 3rd Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Died 22 July 1916. Born St. Mellon. Gardener by trade. Resident Llandumney Lodge, St. Mellon, Monmouthshire. Originally enlisted 22 September 1893, re-enlisted 29 December 1914, aged 42 years. Height 5 feet 5 inchers, weight 142lbs, chest 38½ inches. Discharged from service due to Chronic Myalgia 19 May 1916. Formally 4230, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. In the 1911 census he was aged 40, born St. Mellons, a Domestic Gardener, resident with his wife Frances in Llanrumney Lodge, St Mellons, Monmouthshire.
LLOYD	Benjamin	Rifleman 9682, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died 9th May 1915. Aged 29. Son of Thomas and Cecil Lloyd, of Hendre House, St. Mellons, Cardiff. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 10.
LOCKE	Ernest	Driver 662, 53rd Welsh Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Died 23rd October 1915. Aged 22. Husband of Alice Locke, of Holly House, St. Mellons, Cardiff; son of Henry and Esther Locke, of 120, Railway St., Cardiff. No known grave. Commemorated on the HELLES MEMORIAL, Greece. Panel 24 to 26 or 325 to 328.
LODWICK	Herbert J	No further information available.
MATTHYSSENS	Francis Alexander	Captain, 1st/4th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Died 23rd June 1916. Aged 29. Son of John Francis and Sarah Annie Matthyssens, of Witla Court, St. Mellons, Cardiff. Buried at ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section B. Grave 1.
MITCHELL	Edward	Private 10999, 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Killed in action 31st October 1914. Born St. Mellons, Cardiff, enlisted Cardiff. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37. Also commemorated on St. Mellons Baptist Memorial.
PEARCE	Sydney Charles	Private 536614, 1st/15th Battalion (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action 30th November 1917. Born and resident St. Mellons, Monmouthsire, enlisted Cardiff. Son of Mrs. M. A. Pearce, of Maes-y-coed, St. Mellons, Cardiff, and the late J. Pearce. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 12.
PITMAN	Sydney	No further information available.
SOARES	Frederick	No further information available.
THOMAS	Alfred	Private A/257469, Army Service Corps. Died 7th April 1918. Aged 34. Son of Mrs. Hannah Thomas. Buried in ST. MELLONS CHURCHYARD, Monmouthsire.
WALWYN	Ivor	No further information available.
WILLIAMS	Alfred	No further information available.
THE TRIBUTE OF St MELLONS TO HER GALLANT SONS WHO WERE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939-1945
BOYD, MM	Eugene Patrick	Serjeant 3957584, 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died 10th September 1944. Aged 27. Buried in GEEL WAR CEMETERY, Antwerpen, Belgium. Plot III. Row A. Grave 4.
DAVIES	Walter F	No further information available.
GREHAN	Frank aka Francis Daniel	Sergeant (Pilot U/T)615211, Royal Air Force. Died 7th September 1943. Aged 22. Son of Frederick and Nora Grehan, of St. Mellons, Cardiff, Wales; husband of Erma Ernesta Grehan, of Durban, Natal. Buried in BENONI CEMETERY, South Africa. Section M. Grave 658.
LEAVER	Ralph [George]	Private 3967481, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Died 29th July 1940. Aged 23. Son of Daniel and Gertrude Elizabeth Leaver, of St. Mellons, Monmouthshire. Buried in COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY, Sri Lanka. Plot 6B. Row P. Grave 10.
LEONARD	Mervyn	Probably Sergeant 1314807, 90th Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 21st April 1943. Aged 20. Son of Francis James Leonard and Mary Hannah Leonard, of Maesteg, Glamorgan. No known grave. Commemorated on the RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 156.
PURVIS	John	No further information available.
PRICE	Randall [Emerson Connop]	Lieutenant 189336, 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and No. 12 Commando. Died 9th January 1944. Son of the Revd. Connop Lewis Price, M.A., and Frances Connop Price, of St. Mellons Vicarage, Cardiff. Buried in ST. MELLONS CHURCHYARD, Monmouthsire.
PRINCE	John	No further information available.
REES	Arthur David	Warrant Officer (Navigator (Bomber)) 656487, Royal Air Force. Died 28th March 1945. Aged 35. Son of the Revd. Rees David Rees and Mary Florence Rees, of St. Mellons, Monmouthshire. A.I.B. Buried in BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY, Brussels, Belgium. Plot X. Row 20. Grave 2.
ROBERTS	Malcolm	No further information available.
WATTS	George	No further information available.
WINMILL	Clifford George	Bombadier 816686, 1 H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 25th October 1943. Aged 33. Son of Richard and Elizabeth Martha Winmill, of St. Mellons, Monmouthshire. Buried in CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY, Italy. Plot I. Row A. Grave 47.

Last updated: 17 November, 2018