Military
| Name | Born | Died | Description | Connection with Cardiff | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barter, FrederickFrederick Barter | 1891 | 1952 | Served in World War I with the Royal Welch Fusiliers, recipient of the Victoria Cross. | Born in Cardiff | |
| Flynn, MickMick Flynn | 1960 | — | Served with the Blues and Royals in Northern Ireland, the Falklands War, the Bosnian War, the Second Gulf War and the War in Afghanistan, recipient of the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross and the Military Cross. | Born in Cardiff | |
| Linton, JeffJeff Linton | 1909 | 1989 | Served with the Royal Artillery in World War II, attained the rank of Brigadier, recipient of the Distinguished Service Order. Played cricket for Glamorgan and Egypt as a right-arm medium-fast bowler. | Born in Llandaff, Cardiff | |
| Mathews, ThomasThomas Mathews | 1676 | 1751 | Admiral of the Royal Navy, served in the Caribbean, Queen Anne's War, the East Indies, the War of the Quadruple Alliance and the War of the Austrian Succession. | Born in Llandaff, Cardiff | |
| Shields, RobertRobert Shields | 1827 | 1864 | Served with the Royal Welch Fusiliers in the Crimean War, recipient of the Victoria Cross. | Born in Cardiff |
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“Nothing changes my twenty-six years in the military. I continue to love it and everything it stands for and everything I was able to accomplish in it. To put up a wall against the military because of one regulation would be doing the same thing that the regulation does in terms of negating people.”
—Margarethe Cammermeyer (b. 1942)
“The transformation of the impossible into reality is always the mark of a demonic will. The only way to recognize a military genius is by the fact that, during the war, he will mock the rules of warfare and will employ creative improvisation instead of tested methods and he will do so at the right moment.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)
“My faith is the grand drama of my life. I’m a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no faith. I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colours for those who see none.”
—Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)