Welsh National Memorial

Sunken court with central fountain surrounded by circular collonade. Bronze figures of soldier sailor and airman raising wreaths to central, elevated figure of winged messenger of victory, sword held aloft. Appropriate inscriptions above the figures e.g. "over the sea he went to die" above sailor

Inscription

BENEATH FIGURE: REMEMBER HERE IN PEACE THOSE WHO IN TUMULT OF/ WAR BY SEA, ON LAND, IN AIR, FOR US AND FOR THE/ VICTORY ENDURETH UNTO DEATH OUTSIDE FRIEZE: I FEIBION CYMRU A RODDES EU BYWYD DROS EI/ GWLAD YN RHYFEL MCMXIV - MCMXVIII (TRANSLATION: TO THE SONS OF WALES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WAR 1914-1918)

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Figures
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone

Condition

Welsh National War Memorial
WMO ID: 116638
Condition: Good [last updated on 22-04-2020]
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History

In 2018 to 2019 a War Memorials Trust grant of £29,720 supported substantive work- Cleaning using a combination of steam, poultice and hand; repairs to stonework using either mortar or piecing in as appropriate, and repointiing. The bronze work received a coating of microcrystalline wax after other works, as a protective coating. In 2018, a grant of £1,130 was awarded through the professional Advice Grant stream of War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme towards a detailed condition survey and report with recommendations to inform necessary conservation and repair works which was undertaken by a conservation-accredited architect.; In 2012, War Memorials Trust offered a grant of £2,767 towards conservation repairs to the war memorial. This included raking out the loose joints and re-pointing using a lime mortar and stone dust mix to colour match the mortar to the memorial. Sections of damaged stone which were beyond repair were cut out and replacement indents were inserted to match the original stone. Minimal amounts of stone were removed from the memorial.;

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

National Maritime Museum photo
War Memorials Trust News Bulletin 62 ,2014 page 5
The National Service of Remembrance For Wales , 13 November 2011
War Memorials Trust Bulletin 81, May 2019, page 7
War Memorials Trust Bulletin 57 page 8 WMT grant of £2,767 towards repairs. Includes colour photos of work.
Local Publication/Booklet 1988, 23 April Cardiff Post.
Unveiling Programme/ Order of Service 2012, 11 November. 2009, 08 November. The National Service of Remembrance for Wales.
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN: BRITISH FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIALS by BOORMAN, DEREK 159-160 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:SESSIONS 1988 YORK
Other website www.walesonlin.co.uk/news/wales-news/vile-vandals-daub-wales-national-6030341
Carter Postcard Collection

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