Subject(s): Eddie Thomas Sport: Boxing Location: Bethesda Gardens, Merthyr Tydfil Unveiled: 4/6/2000 Sculptor: Peter Nicholas Material: Bronze Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Plaque 1: BRITISH, EMPIRE AND EUROPEAN WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION. EDDIE ALSO MANAGED BRITISH AND EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS AND TWO WORLD CHAMPIONS. ADMIRED AND LOVED BY THE COMMUNITY HE SERVED HE NEVER FORGOT HIS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS. HIS CHARISMATIC PERSONALITY NATURALLY MADE HIM THE IDEAL AMBASSADOR FOR MERTHYR TYDFIL. "BACHGEN BACH O COLLIERS ROW". Plaque 2: EDDIE THOMAS MBE. MAYOR, COUNCILLOR AND FREEMAN OF THE BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL. BORN 27TH JULY 1925 AT COLLIERS ROW. DIED 2ND JUNE 1997. UNVEILED BY LORD BROOKS OF TREMORFA D.L. 4. JUNE 2000. Links: Project