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
Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau The land of my fathers is dear to me,<br> Old land where the minstrels are honoured and free;<br> Its warring defenders so gallant and brave,<br> For freedom their life's blood they gave. Old land of the mountains, the Eden of bards,<br> Each gorge and each valley a loveliness guards;<br> Through love of my country, charmed voices will be <br> Its streams, and its rivers, to me. Though foemen have trampled my land 'neath their feet, <br> The language of Cambria still knows no retreat;<br> The muse is not vanquished by traitor's fell hand,<br> Nor silenced the harp of my land.