Today’s blog post was written by one of our volunteers, Richard. ‘I am the enemy you killed, my friend…’ Wilfred Owen ‘Strange Meeting’ The reference in an earlier blog post to memorials to nationals of enemy countries may seem strange, although in recent times new memorials have been erected with inscriptions intended not to cause offence [...]
Posts Tagged ‘POW’
Last German First World War veteran dies
Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, tagged Germany, POW, WW1 on 28 January, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Erich Kaestner, the man who was believed to be German’s last surviving First World War veteran, has died at the age of 107. Kaestner left school in 1918 and fought on the Western Front for 4 months before the war ended. He also saw service during the Second World War as an officer in the [...]
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
Posted in Memorials from the archive, tagged Poetry, POW, Wilfred Owen, WW1 on 1 October, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Gordon, one of our volunteer fieldworkers writes… For a while now I have had an interest in inscriptions and one in particular. When I was recording our local memorials some years ago, I noticed in our local parish church the Latin inscription “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” which means “It is a sweet [...]
American Independence Day
Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, tagged POW on 4 July, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today Americans celebrate the anniversary of the declaration of independence from Great Britain in 1776. There are twelve memorials on our database commemorating the American revolutionary wars, including the American War of Independence and the later War of 1812. Click to see all memorials to the American Revolution Two constrasting memorials show different sides of this conflict. A memorial tablet [...]
More than meets the eye
Posted in Memorials from the archive, Unusual memorials, tagged POW on 2 May, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I came across an interesting memorial today while searching our database. It commemorates Lieutenant Hector Maclaine of the Royal Horse Artillery, who was killed in Afghanistan in 1880. The inscription tells us that he was taken prisoner and later killed while trying to get water for the wounded after a battle. What makes it interesting is the form [...]
