THE long-running Raglan First World War memorial project came to a head this week with a service on Tuesday 11th November.

The ceremony on Remembrance Day saw children from Raglan Primary School lay a wreath at the new memorial.

Launched last year, the project to build a First World War memorial in Raglan has seen the school put in plenty of hard work.

With the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War this year, it was felt that Raglan should commemorate those who died during the conflict.

After an early appeal for information on BBC Radio Wales, several people got in contact with details of those who had come from the village and died during the First World War.

This became part of the research that Drs Brinley and Cheryl Morgan gathered to support the school and village in learning more about the area's part in the First World War.

Many other members of the community contributed to help make the new memorial stone tie in with the existing one and to make sure everything was in place for 11th November.

Raglan Primary School has paid for the memorial itself and has used the project as part of the pupils' learning.

The school has also created a Raglan version of the 'letter to the unknown soldier' by writing letters to the 'unknown' men whose names are on the memorial.

The plan is to turn those letters into a book which will then be given to each of the parish churches where the soldiers are commemorated, and to keep one each for the village, school and the school's new time capsule.

Headteacher Jeremy Piper said: "This really has been a community effort – with everyone working together, and it should be celebrated as such.

"It was always our intention to ensure that we could get this done for the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, and so we are delighted that we will be able to do it for the village in such an important and poignant year."

Unfortunately the plaque bearing the soldier's names was not able to be delivered in time for the memorial service on Remembrance Day so a temporary one has been put up until it arrives.

The parade at Raglan was led by Captain Nigel Kill, former Raglan scout leader recently returned from duty at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. The roads were closed and the village turned out on mass to support the community and Raglan's

Remembrance Day