Memorials to the First World War often showed idealised statues of soldiers. This one at Cardiff commemorates 105 soldiers who died who had come from Llandaff Cathedral School or the village of Llandaff. A giant female figure symbolises the spirit of Wales. Either side of her are a schoolboy and a labourer. They are wearing clothes that symbolise their lives before the army but they are carrying army rifles. They were sculpted by Sir William Goscombe John in 1924. Both figures have ‘ideal’ proportions.