Comments for UKNIWM http://ukniwm.wordpress.com News and articles about war memorials in the UK Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:45:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Name Plaques Stolen from Broomfield Garden of Remembrance by Anyone else feel like it's time we brought back the birch? - Netmums Coffeehouse http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/name-plaques-stolen-from-broomfield-garden-of-remembrance/#comment-154 Anyone else feel like it's time we brought back the birch? - Netmums Coffeehouse Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:45:42 +0000 http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/?p=769#comment-154 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> Comment on Memorials to the Missing of Fromelles by Update: Memorials to the Missing of Fromelles « UKNIWM http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/memorials-to-the-missing-of-fromelles/#comment-153 Update: Memorials to the Missing of Fromelles « UKNIWM Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:16:12 +0000 http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/?p=665#comment-153 [...] to Frances Casey’s blog post of July 2009, records held at the Australian War Memorial and the National Archives of Australia can [...] [...] to Frances Casey’s blog post of July 2009, records held at the Australian War Memorial and the National Archives of Australia can [...]

]]> Comment on Temporary memorials – part two by knowall01 http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/temporary-memorials-part-two/#comment-152 knowall01 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:09:37 +0000 http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/temporary-memorials-part-two/#comment-152 Great Article. Great Article.

]]> Comment on Basra Memorial to Iraq Casualties to come home with Troops by ukniwm1 http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/basra-memorial-to-iraq-casualties-to-come-home-with-troops/#comment-150 ukniwm1 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:14:11 +0000 http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/?p=410#comment-150 The removal of the Basra memorial wall to the National Memorial Arboretum was confirmed by Gordon Brown in the House of Commons this week. See BBC report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/8101690.stm The removal of the Basra memorial wall to the National Memorial Arboretum was confirmed by Gordon Brown in the House of Commons this week. See BBC report:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/8101690.stm

]]> Comment on Charminster to Launch War Memorial Restoration Project by ukniwm2 http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/charminster-to-launch-war-memorial-restoration-project/#comment-149 ukniwm2 Tue, 26 May 2009 12:53:59 +0000 http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/?p=359#comment-149 Last week, Graham Matthews announced that 'we have raised all the required funds and restoration work starts next week. The local community have been very generous in both personal donations and supporting fundraising activities. Once the memorial has been fully restored it is our intention to have a full rededication service later in the year.' Last week, Graham Matthews announced that ‘we have raised all the required funds and restoration work starts next week. The local community have been very generous in both personal donations and supporting fundraising activities. Once the memorial has been fully restored it is our intention to have a full rededication service later in the year.’

]]> Comment on Mary Seacole and the Common Soldier in the Crimea by coppertop67 http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/mary-seacole-and-the-common-soldier-in-the-crimea/#comment-148 coppertop67 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:12:16 +0000 http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/?p=620#comment-148 Come visit the Military History Carnival - you've been included! http://www.american-presidents.org/2009/03/military-history-carnival_16.html Come visit the Military History Carnival – you’ve been included!

http://www.american-presidents.org/2009/03/military-history-carnival_16.html

]]> Comment on Basra Memorial to Iraq Casualties to come home with Troops by ukniwm2 http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/basra-memorial-to-iraq-casualties-to-come-home-with-troops/#comment-147 ukniwm2 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:09:28 +0000 http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/?p=410#comment-147 The Ministry of Defence has recently responded to a request from Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond to rehome the Basra memorial in Perth, saying that it felt the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire would provide the most accessible location for visiting from across the UK. The spokesman for the MOD confirmed that they were thinking to design a new Iraq memorial that would suit the surroundings of the Arboretum. The Ministry of Defence has recently responded to a request from Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond to rehome the Basra memorial in Perth, saying that it felt the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire would provide the most accessible location for visiting from across the UK.

The spokesman for the MOD confirmed that they were thinking to design a new Iraq memorial that would suit the surroundings of the Arboretum.

]]> Comment on Differences in British and German attitudes to Commemoration by Satirist unhappy with headstones of Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery ‘Stretching away across the uplands like some vast dolls’ housing estate’ « UKNIWM http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/differences-in-british-and-german-attitudes-to-commemoration/#comment-146 Satirist unhappy with headstones of Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery ‘Stretching away across the uplands like some vast dolls’ housing estate’ « UKNIWM Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:39:42 +0000 http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/?p=395#comment-146 [...] Generally, the CWGC cemeteries in France and Flanders get a favourable press, their beauty and tranquility compensating to an extent for the enormity of the sacrifice which they commemorate and contrasting with the sombre setting of the German cemeteries (see our blog of 1st December 2008). [...] [...] Generally, the CWGC cemeteries in France and Flanders get a favourable press, their beauty and tranquility compensating to an extent for the enormity of the sacrifice which they commemorate and contrasting with the sombre setting of the German cemeteries (see our blog of 1st December 2008). [...]

]]> Comment on Romans in Britain – commemorating the earliest conflict by ManofRoma http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/romans-in-britain-commemorating-the-earliest-conflict/#comment-143 ManofRoma Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:16:05 +0000 http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/romans-in-britain-commemorating-the-earliest-conflict/#comment-143 Interesting. Best regards, MoR Interesting.

Best regards,

MoR

]]> Comment on New Aden memorial stone dedicated in Plymouth by Happy Birthday, blog! « UKNIWM http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/new-aden-memorial-stone-dedicated-in-plymouth/#comment-138 Happy Birthday, blog! « UKNIWM Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:42:24 +0000 http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/new-aden-memorial-stone-dedicated-in-plymouth/#comment-138 [...] was 25 years since the end of the Falklands conflict,  40 years since the withdrawal of British troops from Aden, the 100th anniversary of the Territorial Army and the 90th anniversary of the Royal Air [...] [...] was 25 years since the end of the Falklands conflict,  40 years since the withdrawal of British troops from Aden, the 100th anniversary of the Territorial Army and the 90th anniversary of the Royal Air [...]

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