Roath War Memorials:
The only community war memorial in the old parish of Roath is the Splott War Memorial outside St Saviour’s Church. There are quite a collection of other war memorials in churches, clubs or schools. Some have been lost and others probably waiting to be found. We have started to put together a Roath Virtual War Memorial which is very much an ongoing project.
Meanwhile, here are the memorials that have been found. Click on the links where present to take you to further information about the individual memorials.
Albany Road Baptist Church War Memorials
Cardiff High School War Memorial
Cardiff Royal Infirmary War Memorials
Cardiff Royal Infirmary War Memorial
Cathays Methodist Church, Crwys Road
Crwys Hall / Highfields Church
Guest Keen and Nettlefolds Cardiff Works WWI
Howard Gardens High School War Memorial
Mackintosh Institute Roll of Honour
The Roll of Honour of the Mackintosh Institute was damaged during the movement of furniture and subsequently discarded. A photograph of the roll of honour survives and research into those names has been carried out and recorded. Click on the link above to read that research.
Mackintosh Institute Roll of Honour.
Unveiled on May 13th 1922. Presumably this memorial used to be in the Oddfellows House, 19 Newport Road, but now believed to have been discarded because of woodworm infestation.
Plasnewydd Presbyterian Church
Now called The Gate Arts Centre there is both a WWI plaque containing twenty one names and a WWII plaque containing six names present.
Plasnewydd Presbyterian Church, Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff, WWI memorial plaque.
Plasnewydd Presbyterian Church, Keppoch Street, Roath, WWII memorial plaque.
The history of the plaques themselves and in particular the story of those named on the plaques has been well researched by David Pike and is detailed in his blog.
Roath Park Congregational (now Tabernacle)
The WWI memorial plaque is in the safe keeping of Cardiff Bereavement Services.
The roll of honour naming the individuals from the church that took part WWI had become lost and was later found for sale in a second hand shop. It was purchased and now hangs in Roath Park Primary School.
Follow the link above to discover more of these memorials.
Roath Park Wesleyan Church War Memorial Plaque (Photo credit: Roger Swan)
Roath Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
There used to be a stone monument war memorial in the area we currently refer to as Roath but alas no longer. It stood outside Roath Road Wesleyan church on the corner of City Road and Newport Road.
‘Patriot’s Avenue’ or Russell Street Memorial’ was originally a plaque on the New Park Liberal Club, City Road, Cardiff. It is now said to be safe keeping in a private residence. It was unveiled in 1995 and rededicated in 2012. The plaque pays tribute to soldiers who fought in both World Wars and makes reference to the street’s unofficial name – Patriot’s Avenue. It had been originally unveiled in a massive street party in 1995, featured on the pages of the Echo.
Splott Road Baptist Church War Memorial Tablets
(Photos by John Stansfield, 2015)
The WWI War Memorial at St Edward’s Church, Blenheim Road, Penylan, Cardiff
St Illtyd’s School Memorial Plaque
The WWII war memorial plaque that used to be in St Illtyd’s School in Splott until it closed, was then relocated to St Illtyd’s in Rumney. It has recently been restored and will be housed in St Alban on the Moors church.
St Margaret’s War Memorial Tower
St Martin’s church, Albany Road memorial
St Saviour’s War Memorial, Splott, Cardiff,
Trinity Centre, Four Elms Road
Trinity Methodist may also be the home of the Cyfartha St Mission plaque
Other Cardiff War Memorials:
Cardiff Blitz Memorial Cathays Cemetery
A memorial in Section EJ of Cathays Cemetery is to the civilians who died in the 1941 air raids on Cardiff, many of whom are buried in unmarked graves close to this memorial.
Cardiff’s first permanent memorial to people from the city who died during World War One was unveiled at Hendre Park Lake in 2016 together with more than 1,000 trees creating a memorial wood.
Roath Local History Society 