Editing Colwinston (section)

==A Thankful Village==
Colwinston is one of only three villages in Wales which suffered no fatalities in [[World War I]], despite 23 residents of the village having been on active service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bridgend-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=123936&headline=A%20%E2%80%98thankful%20village%E2%80%99%20remembers&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2018|title=A 'thankful village' remembers|website=Bridgend & Porthcawl Gem|date=8 November 2018|access-date=8 January 2019}}</ref> It is one of only 53 [[Thankful Villages]] in the UK.  However, the village lost four men in [[World War II]], one of whom was Agatha Christie's son-in-law, Colonel Hubert Prichard.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/posts/The-Thankful-Villages-of-Wales BBC: The Thankful Villages of Wales]. Accessed 4 August 2013</ref> Welcome signs at the entrance to the village reflected its status as a thankful village from but the village had no war memorial until 2014, when one was erected on the village green.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/thankful-village-to-get-memorial-7989796|title='Thankful Village' Colwinston preparing its own war memorial to mark the 100th anniversary of World War One|author=Peter Collins|website=WalesOnline|date=23 October 2014|access-date=19 August 2016}}</ref>