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
James James Welsh versifier who wrote under the pen-name of "leuan ab lago", moved with his family to Pontypridd, where he carried on the business of weaver and wool merchant, in about 1844. His son James assisted him in the business. James James composed the melody which was later to be known as "Hen Wlad fy Nhadau" in January 1856. Its initial title was "Glan Rhondda" (The banks of the Rhondda), giving rise to the tradition that the tune had come to James as he walked on the bank of the River Rhondda. His father, Evan James, wrote the lyrics that eventually