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At this stage the committee did not seem to see any contradiction between the need for a non-denominational site and the use of St John’s, an Anglican church. Their main concern was the likely cost, which, if all the names were to be engraved on brass, would be ‘considerable’. As an alternative, Lt Col Evill suggested a smaller brass plate inside the church with the words ‘To the memory of officers and men of the 1st Monmouthshire regiment who fell etc.’ plus, underneath the plate, a vellum book containing a detailed list of names and places where each was killed and ‘a stat...

But only one married saint couple is as well known for their violent past as for their eventual sanctity. They are the sixth-century Welsh saints Gwladys, or Gladys, and her husband, Gwynllyw Farfog (the Bearded), occasionally known as Woolos the Warrior. They started out living a life of plundering and pillaging, but ended up sharing a life of prayer and sacrifice. Along the way, their story wanders into the realm of romance novels and Arthurian legend before finally taking an unexpected turn to Christianity through the influence of one of the great saints of Wales—who just happens to be t...