This post is prompted by a newspaper article, sent in by member of the public, which appeared earlier this month in the Yorkshire Post. The article deals with plans to add the names of those who died in the two world wars to Featherstone’s war memorial, as these were not included when it was built after the First World War. (Click [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Myths’
Myths about who can appear on memorials
Posted in FAQs, In the news, tagged Myths, Names, Women on 29 January, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Myths about Thankful Villages
Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, Unusual memorials, tagged Myths, WW1 on 26 November, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Daily Telegraph recently printed an article on ‘Thankful Villages’. This was the name given by the writer and topographer Arthur Mee to villages that had not lost a single serviceman in the First World War. At the time he was writing, in the 1930s and 40s, he identified 43 parishes as Thankful Villages. That [...]
How much do you know about war memorials?
Posted in FAQs, tagged Myths, Women on 2 November, 2007 | 1 Comment »
There are many misconceptions about war memorials. How much do you know? Challenge your knowledge with these True or False statements. Click ‘continue reading‘ to find out the answers.
1) Someone can only be named on a memorial if they’re not buried in the UK
2) War memorials can also commemorate those who didn’t die in wars
3) All war memorials [...]
