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Title
Welsh National War Memorial
Date
1924–1928
Medium
Portland stone & bronze
Accession number
CF10_MWB_S085
Acquisition method
funded by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Cardiff Council
Custodian
Cardiff Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
12th June 1928
Listing date
25/01/66
Access
at all times
Inscription description
below the winged figure, inscribed on the three faces of the pedestal: IN HOC / SIGNO / VINCES; inscribed on the outside of the entablature of the colonnade: I FEIBION CYMRU A RODDES EU BYWYD DROS EU GWLAD YN RHYFEL MCMXIV - MCMXVIII; on the entablature of the three porticos: MCMXXXIX / DROS FOR FE DROES I FARW / MCMXLV; YN Y NWYFRE YN HOFRAN; : GER Y FFOS YN GORFFWYSO; on the inside of the entablature of the colonnade: 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