16 bronze plaques with the names of over 1,000 casualties from the First and Second World War, including 139 civilians were stolen from the memorial temple in Broomfield Park Garden of Remembrance, Palmers Green last weekend. The plaques, commemorating the wartime losses to the Enfield community, were most probably taken solely for the scrap value of the bronze. This is the second theft to have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Lost’
Name Plaques Stolen from Broomfield Garden of Remembrance
Posted in Damage and theft, Events, In the news, Uncategorized, tagged Lost, Theft on 19 August, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The missing memorials of Sir William Reynolds-Stephens
Posted in Memorials from the archive, tagged Lost, WW1 on 15 May, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sir William Reynolds-Stephens (1862-1943), knighted in 1931, President of the Royal Society of British Sculptors 1921-33, and an exhibitor at the Royal Academy for over fifty years, is perhaps rather forgotten today. Our interest was sparked by a Life by his great-niece, Caroline Sherlock, for he was responsible for a number of war memorials both [...]
Grants now available for repair of war memorials in Scotland
Posted in Damage and theft, New or restored, tagged Lost, Guidance for custodians, Theft, Restoration, Damage, Scotland on 14 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A new grants scheme is being launched today by Historic Scotland and War Memorials Trust. Funding will be available to ensure that freestanding memorials across Scotland are preserved in recognition of the contribution service men and women have made for their country.
Historic Scotland will provide £30,000 annually to War Memorials Trust who will provide additional funds [...]
What happened to the Downham oak trees?
Posted in Memorials from the archive, Unusual memorials, tagged Lost, WW1 on 19 February, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes we have very little, or out of date information with which to record a war memorial. Recently we recorded a memorial from a copy of a souvenir booklet produced in 1922.
The memorial commemorated 26 men of the Essex villages of Downham, Ramsden and Ramsden Bellhouse and was to consist of 27 oak trees, planted [...]
Oddfellows memorial comes home
Posted in FAQs, New or restored, tagged WW1, Lost on 11 February, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One enquiry we receive from time to time is the request for help identifying where a memorial originally came from. This is not always as easy as it sounds. Last year we reported about a memorial found dumped on a beach in Christchurch, Dorset. The rather cryptic inscription, “To the men of this Parish…” does not not exactly aid [...]
Lost
Posted in FAQs, Memorials from the archive, tagged Lost on 17 January, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As well as memorials that still exist, we also record ‘lost’ memorials. These can include those that have been destroyed, stolen or simply disappeared from public view. It’s not unheard of for lost memorials to turn up in someone’s garage! Some memorials were only ever intended to be temporary, such as the snow memorial from Pateley Bridge, and we record [...]
More about the mystery memorial in Christchurch
Posted in In the news, tagged Lost on 31 July, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There is now an article on the BBC website about the memorial found on a beach in Christchurch which we featured on the blog on 16 July 2007, Mystery memorial found.
Read more from the BBC
Now we can see what the memorial looks like perhaps someone might know about the memorial’s original location. Please let us know [...]
Mystery memorial found
Posted in FAQs, tagged Family history, Lost, Names, WW1 on 16 July, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Last week we received a phone call from Christchurch Borough Council. They had discovered a marble memorial tablet in a heap of rubbish dumped on one of their beaches. The memorial refered to the men of the parish who had joined the colours (i.e. served in the forces) during the First World War, and listed 4 [...]
Lost memorial goes back on display
Posted in In the news, tagged Lost, Restoration on 26 June, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A war memorial, that had lain forgotten in a disused chapel in the Staffordshire village of Outwoods for 25 years, has been recovered and will go back on display from tomorrow.
The memorial plaque was discovered by a local couple who spent six months arranging to have it moved to St Mary’s Church in the nearby village of [...]
Temporary memorials – part one
Posted in Memorials from the archive, Unusual memorials, tagged Cenotaph, Lost on 20 June, 2007 | 2 Comments »
We usually think of memorials as permanent reminders but, in fact, some memorials were only ever intended to be temporary.
Probably the most notable of these is The Cenotaph in Whitehall. This was originally conceived as a temporary memorial. Constructed from wood and painted white, it was erected in 1919. However, it proved so popular with the public that it was replaced with [...]
