ⓘWhat do the D1–D5 confidence tiers mean?›
- D1A single attributed public source (museum, council, Historic England, CWGC, mapping data).
- D2Two or more independent public sources corroborate the same facts.
- D3A named coordinator or local reviewer has confirmed the public-source account.
- D4A named observer has personally visited and documented the site — photographs, inscriptions, condition.
- D5An archive or institution has provided written documentation supporting the entry.
A higher tier means more corroborating evidence, not automatic historical certainty. The Discovery layer does not replace archival verification.
The Welsh National War Memorial in Alexandra Gardens, Cathays Park, unveiled in 1928, is the national memorial of Wales. A circular colonnade surrounds a sunken court where bronze figures of a soldier, sailor and airman raise their wreaths. Raised first for the dead of the First World War, it received a commemorative plaque for the Welsh dead of the Second World War in 1949.
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What this page does not claim
- This is the general national war memorial of Wales; it was raised for the First World War, with a Second World War commemoration added in 1949 — not a Soviet or convoy-specific memorial.
- Names of individuals belong on archival surfaces, not this discovery record.
- Endorsement by any named institution; the source is cited for documentary research only.
Sources
- AImperial War Museums — IWM War Memorials Register record for the Welsh National War Memorial, Cardiff (both World Wars).archived ↗
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