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‘I am the enemy you killed, my friend…’

Posted in Memorials from the archive, Stories behind the names, Unusual memorials, tagged , , , , , , , , on 27 February, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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 by referring to [...]

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The Channel Dash

Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, Stories behind the names, tagged , , , on 14 February, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A memorial service has been held in the English Channel to mark the anniversary of the ‘Channel Dash’.  Watch a report about the service from BBC News.
The Channel Dash is the name given to an action that took place during the Second World War.  For several months, from early 1941, three German ships (the battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and [...]

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New memorial to WW2 Royal Navy destroyers

Posted in In the news, New or restored, Stories behind the names, tagged , , on 16 November, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The Duke of Edinburgh has unveiled a new memorial at the Historic Dockyard Chatham to the 11,000 men who died while serving on Royal Navy destroyers in the Second World War.
Read more from BBC NEWS
Among those who died was Captain Bernard Warbuton-Lee VC.  On 10 April 1940, Warburton-Lee led a flotilla of 5 destroyers into a fjord in a heavy snowstorm.  [...]

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New memorial in Glasgow to VC winners

Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, New or restored, tagged , , on 3 September, 2007 | 2 Comments »

A new memorial to VC winners has been unveiled in Glasgow at the city’s Necropolis.  The unveiling co-incides with the 150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross and was preceded by a memorial service in Glasgow Cathedral.
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We have currently recorded 606 memorials that commemorate VC or GC winners.
Browse the list of memorials to VC and GC winners.
Among these is [...]

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Victoria Cross winner remembered

Posted in In the news, New or restored, Stories behind the names, tagged , , , on 10 August, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

A Victoria Cross winner, Sergeant Ivor Rees, was honoured with a new memorial plaque last week.  More than 60 members of his family were expected to attend the unveiling in his home town of Llanelli.
Sgt Rees was awarded the VC for capturing a German machine gun at Passchendaele.  He survived the First World War and lived until [...]

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Browse by War

Posted in FAQs, Memorials from the archive, tagged , , on 5 July, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

72 different wars and conflicts are marked by memorials on our database and you can now browse this list. 
Click to browse by War
The First World War produced the most memorials (37,028) but you can also browse memorials with dedications to First World War Civilians (71 memorials).
Why not have a look at some of the more unusual conflicts, like the Austrian Succession, [...]

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VC and GC winners

Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, Stories behind the names, tagged , on 6 June, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Birmingham council is supporting a proposal to erect a memorial plaque to the 25 soldiers awarded the Victoria Cross and George Cross.
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We record memorials that list VC and GC winners on our database and currently have 606.  These are both memorials that solely commemorate a VC or GC winner and where they are listed among others [...]

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