One of the best memorials I have ever seen.
At Seaham in County Durham.
At Seaham in County Durham.
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The Remembrance Thread - Memorial photos
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As well as "Tommy" for the centre piece, there are numerous benches surrounding the figure. Then there is a fence between the cars and the sea, a couple of hundred yards long, with an individual poppy for each name that would normally be engraved on a stone memorial.
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Was in Wales Rotherham nice memorial they should be proud. I should have stopped and taken a better photo
Cheated
Seems appropriate today.
I just watched the end of the Blackadder series, brilliant, funny and sometimes sick...but that last seen breaks my heart...very moving.
Thought this was worth adding .
Either it’s my phone (likely) or the link isn’t working
No, it's the link...crappy 4g signal... Trying again...
There we go, sorted now. It's the Commando memorial at Spean Bridge.
paul123
Extreme Landy Fan
the weather looks good when we went there it was raining sideways. walked from the car park to the memorial and were soaked through.
Brief gap in the inclemency! It's nigh on 30 years since I stopped there.
Good view....
My Father did training in the area with the Seaforths.
Good view....
My Father did training in the area with the Seaforths.
SeriesG
Trekker
I just found this thread and went through it beginning to end. Wonderful stuff. It's nice to see that some people still care about what happened and strive to remember the suffering and sacrifice that got us where we are today. It caused me to investigate a bit into what I believe is the one woefully unrecognized and undocumented relative I have that I know for a fact participated in WW2.
My great uncle Elmer joined the RCAF two weeks after his 18th birthday in June of 1943 and ended up as a Flight Officer and Navigator on Lancaster LM191 based out of Dunholme Lodge Airfield in Lincolnshire in 1944. I don't know much about him but I do know that on 12 September 1944, he and his crew in LM191 took part in a giant bombing raid of Durnstadt, Germany along with 225 other Lancasters and 14 Mosquito's. Unfortunately his was one of twelve that didn’t make it back as it crashed along the way near Hausen Von der Hohe with no survivors. Shot down undoubtedly. His remains were temporarily buried along with his crew at a small cemetery near the crash site and later moved to the Durnbach War Cemetary south of Munich. As far as I know none of our family have ever visited his resting place. I'd like to do something about that someday I really would...
My great uncle Elmer joined the RCAF two weeks after his 18th birthday in June of 1943 and ended up as a Flight Officer and Navigator on Lancaster LM191 based out of Dunholme Lodge Airfield in Lincolnshire in 1944. I don't know much about him but I do know that on 12 September 1944, he and his crew in LM191 took part in a giant bombing raid of Durnstadt, Germany along with 225 other Lancasters and 14 Mosquito's. Unfortunately his was one of twelve that didn’t make it back as it crashed along the way near Hausen Von der Hohe with no survivors. Shot down undoubtedly. His remains were temporarily buried along with his crew at a small cemetery near the crash site and later moved to the Durnbach War Cemetary south of Munich. As far as I know none of our family have ever visited his resting place. I'd like to do something about that someday I really would...
Had a look through this thread 
.. Not come across it before..
Nice to see..
I used to spend time with a few work colleagues visting the first world war memorials spread across the western front.. It was always a moving and emotional trip regardless of how many times you were there.. Thought provoking rather than sad..
I always remember thinking that in spite of the unbelievable suffering of that war we were at it again on the same scale in less than a generation.. Hard to believe..
Don't know what drives us, but we seem to have an obsession with wanting to impose our will on others be it some kind of ideology or religion.. A quest for power and dominance.. I hope we are not heading that way again.. Yet we all have our line in the sand so to speak, which once crossed seems to justify force....
Anyhow enough rambling..
I'll have a look and post a few photos later.. ..
.. Not come across it before..Nice to see..
I used to spend time with a few work colleagues visting the first world war memorials spread across the western front.. It was always a moving and emotional trip regardless of how many times you were there.. Thought provoking rather than sad..
I always remember thinking that in spite of the unbelievable suffering of that war we were at it again on the same scale in less than a generation.. Hard to believe..
Don't know what drives us, but we seem to have an obsession with wanting to impose our will on others be it some kind of ideology or religion.. A quest for power and dominance.. I hope we are not heading that way again.. Yet we all have our line in the sand so to speak, which once crossed seems to justify force....
Anyhow enough rambling..
I'll have a look and post a few photos later.. ..
I said id be back with one or two photos...I have all the commonwealth countries memorials but here is the British and Canadian memorials..
Thiepval
Vimy ridge
and one of a plaque at the entrance to the memorial park to the Newfoundland and Scottish regiments at Beaumont-Hamel...profound words I thought...
and a little notice in the visitors centre for the Newfoundlanders at the same park
and another touching little note left at the foot of the remembrance wall at Tyne cot cemetry
Thiepval
Vimy ridge
and one of a plaque at the entrance to the memorial park to the Newfoundland and Scottish regiments at Beaumont-Hamel...profound words I thought...
and a little notice in the visitors centre for the Newfoundlanders at the same park
and another touching little note left at the foot of the remembrance wall at Tyne cot cemetry
That last message is very poignant indeed ..a reason not to forget anyone who fought for there country.
Ive seen fewer people wearing poppies this year. Unsure if thats increasing indifference or something else...
