Among those killed near here on 31 July 1917 was 30-year-old Ellis Humphrey Evans ("Hedd Wyn"), the famous Welsh language poet who was posthumously awarded the bard's chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod.

[2] The general design (cromlech, surmounted by a dragon) is from Erwin Ureel MBE (originator of the Memorial idea) and Peter Carter Jones BEM (Chairman of the Welsh Committee).

[3] Beyond the cromlech memorial, the memorial park on Pilkem Ridge features a large boulder with a message of welcome in Welsh, a headstone shaped like those used by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission but inscribed with the words of the Welsh national anthem "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau", and a flag pole with the Flag of Wales.

The memorial was not only erected to commemorate the people who died, but to remember with gratitude all those of Welsh descent who were involved in the Great War, regardless of the location where they served or their function (as a result, it includes the Home Front).

The initial landscaping was financed by the Province of West- Flanders, an improved parking has been constructed by the Town Council of Langemark- Poelkapelle.