Welsh Book of Remembrance / Llyfr y Cofio

Basic information

Address

Temple of Peace, King Edward VII Avenue, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3AP

County

General

Detailed information

Location

Internal

Type

Freestanding

Setting

Inside a building - private

Description

Book of Remembrance

Condition

Good

Category

Roll of Honour

Comments

About

Notes

The Welsh Book of Remembrance is a beautifully decorated volume containing the names of around 35,000 men and women of Welsh birth and parentage and also those who served with Welsh Regiments who lost their lives during the First World War. The volume measures approximately 32 x 48 x 15cm and contains just over 1000 pages, each page displaying around 40 names written by professional scribes in neat calligraphy. The Book is held in the Crypt at the Temple of Peace in Cardiff. To reflect the fact that most of the men and women named in the Book died in Belgium or France the glass casing is French and the marble pedestal is Belgian. The Book is being digitised and transcribed as part of the Wales for Peace project, led by the Welsh Centre for International Affairs, and in collaboration with the National Library of Wales (2015-16).

Service persons

Name	Rank	Regiment/Battalion	Date of death
William Bale	Private	Welsh Regiment	18/02/1915
Percy Adolph	None	None	17/02/1915
Frederick Bailey	None	None	None
Alfred Brimble	None	None	None
George Broadhead	None	None	None
Norman Evans	None	None	03/10/1916
William Box	other	other	09/04/1918
Frederick Parsons	other	None	10/10/1918
John Sutton	None	None	None
Edwards Davies	None	None	06/11/1917
David Jones	Captain	Welsh Regiment	12/07/1916
Trevor Lewis	Private	Royal Army Medical Corps	20/09/1916
Henry Evans	Second Lieutenant	other	03/09/1916
Thomas Morris	None	None	12/05/1916
Robert Morris	None	None	15/07/1916
Griffith Morris	None	None	03/03/1916
Charlie Kortegas	Lance Corporal	Welsh Regiment	30/07/1918
Arthur Lewis	Lieutenant	other	10/07/1917
Charles Lewis	Lieutenant	South Wales Borderers	18/08/1915