From the entrance, approach the Hall of Nations and turn left. Descending the stairs to the crypt, quotes from Foreign Secretary Lord Grey, and Welsh poet Hedd Wyn, reflect Britain’s 1914 descent into the Great War.
‘War’ by Kevin Sinnott 
The Crypt with the WW1 Book of Remembrance ‘reposed in a case of Belgian Bronze upon French Marble’. 
The WW1 Book of Remembrance in its Bronze case 
Cover of the WW1 Book of Remembrance 
Inscriptions of the 35-40,000 fallen of WW1 
‘Thoughts from the Crypt’ by J.R.Eaton – the Book of Remembrance as a place of Pilgrimage 
UN Secretary General Peres de Cuellar views the Book of Remembrance in 1986
At the bottom of stairs, pause under the huge painting ‘War’ by Maesteg-based artist Kevin Sinnott.
The Crypt with the WW1 Book of Remembrance