Welsh Memorial Park, Ypres but inscribed with the words of the Welsh national anthem “"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau"”, and a flag pole with the Flag of Wales. Trees and benches surround the memorials. The memorial is the first Welsh war memorial built in Flanders,Belgium. and the first and only national Welsh Great War Memorial outside Wales (there is specific 38th Welsh Division Memorial at Mametz, Somme, France. It is the result of a three-year campaign by supporters of the "Welsh Memorial in Flanders" committee who wanted a permanent dedication to the Welsh victims of the conflict. Wales lost more people as a percentage of
Tom Jones (singer) before a number of boxing matches. He sang "God Save the Queen", the national anthem of the United Kingdom, before the Floyd Mayweather-Ricky Hattonfight in 2007; he sang "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau", the Welsh national anthem, at the Bernard Hopkins-Joe Calzaghe fight between fellow Welshman Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins in 2008; and he sang "God Save the Queen" before the Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton fight in 2009. In 2008, he released "24 Hours" on S-Curve Records, his first album of new material to be issued in the United States for over fifteen years. Jones, who was still performing over 200