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Category Archives: ROH
Commando Winners of the Victoria Cross
The Commando Winners of the Victoria Cross Plaque may be found at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. Lt Col Geoffrey Keyes VC, MC. Lt Col Charles Newman VC Sgt Thomas Durrant VC Maj Patrick Porteus VC L/Cpl Henry Harden … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military, Military Cross, Outside RSA, ROH, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, World War 2
Tagged Commando, Memorial, National Memorial Arboretum, NMA, Staffordshire, World War 2
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Gloucester Post Office War Memorial
On Friday 12/01/2018 I went through to Gloucester to do some business at the post office, and as I was leaving I spotted a war memorial inside the post office. Fortunately I had my camera with and got permission to … Continue reading
Posted in Gloucestershire, Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Outside RSA, ROH, United Kingdom, World War 1, World War 2
Tagged Gloucester, Gloucester Post Officee, Gloucestershire, ROH, Royal Mail, Tewkesbury, War memorial, World War
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Stoke Newington Civilian War Dead Memorial
The Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington Civilian War Dead Memorial may be found in Abney Park Cemetery in London (Google Earth co-ordinates: 51.564451°, -0.077899°). The legibility of the memorial is poor though, with letters missing from the main inscription. The … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, Heritage, London Memorials, Memorials elsewhere, Outside RSA, ROH, United Kingdom, World War 1, World War 2
Tagged Abney Park Cemetery, Blitz, bombing, Civilian war dead, CWGC, Magnificent seven, Stoke Newington, World War Two
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The Gloucesters Memorial in Cheltenham
One of the more poignant memorials to the casualties of the First World War may be found within Prestbury Cemetery in Cheltenham. Passing through the gates of the cemetery, on the right hand side is the Gloucesters Memorial and Crosses. … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, Memorials elsewhere, Military, ROH, United Kingdom, World War 1
Tagged Burial, Cheltenham, Crioss, CWGC, Gloster Regt, Glosters Memorial, Gloucestershire, Prestbury Cemetery, War memorial
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Tewkesbury War Memorial
The War Memorial in Tewkesbury is situated on an island that sits at the intersection of Barton Str, Church Str, and High Street. Google Earth co-ordinates are 51°59’32.75″N, 2° 9’27.29″W. This position also makes it very difficult to photograph because … Continue reading
Posted in Memorials elsewhere, Outside RSA, Parish Memorial, ROH, United Kingdom, World War 1, World War 2
Tagged Cenotaph, Church, Roll of Honour, Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Abbey, War memorial, World War
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St Saviours Lewisham War Memorial
These two plaques are on the outside of St Saviour, St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lewisham. (Google Earth Co-ordinates: 51.460167° -0.011005°. stsaviourslewisham.org.uk) Unfortunately I could not get proper images of the church, and … Continue reading
Posted in London Memorials, Outside RSA, Parish Memorial, ROH, United Kingdom, World War 1
Tagged Catholic Church, Lewisham, London, ROH, Roll of Honour, St John the Baptist, St John the Evangelist, St Saviour, World War 1
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Lambeth Borough Council Memorial
This World War 1 Memorial is affixed to the side of the Lambeth Town Hall in Brixton and faces onto Brixton Hill. Google Earth co-ordinates: 51.460669°, -0.116321° © DRW 2013-2018. Created 29/04/2015
Posted in London Memorials, Memorials elsewhere, Outside RSA, ROH, United Kingdom, World War 1
Tagged Brixton, Brixton Hill, Lambeth Borough, Lambeth Town Hall, London, ROH, Roll of Honour, World War 1
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Sutton Coldfield War Memorial
Sutton Coldfield War Memorial may be found at Google Earth co-ordinates 52.566082°, -1.824315°. It stands on a traffic circle close to the town hall and is a very impressive memorial. It was unveiled on 01 November 1922, and consists of … Continue reading
Posted in cenotaph, Memorials elsewhere, Outside RSA, ROH, United Kingdom, World War 1, World War 2
Tagged Cenotaph, Francis-Doyle Jones, Roll of Honour, soldier, Sutton Coldfield, UK, War memorial, Warwickshire, World War
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The Hall of Memory, Birmingham
The major War Memorial in Birmingham is the Hall of Memory. I visited it on 10 April 2014, and it was a very pretty structure, although I do expect many people have very little idea of what it is or … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham, Cenotaph, Hall of Memory, ROH, United KIngdom, War memorial, World War
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East Cowes Civilian Bombing Casualty Memorial
I found this memorial in Kingston cemetery, in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight. It commemorates the civilians who were buried in the cemetery who were killed in the bombing of Cowes. When I was visiting Cowes, I went … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, Hampshire Memorials, Memorials elsewhere, Outside RSA, ROH, ships and shipping, United Kingdom, World War 2
Tagged bomb, Civilian Casualty, Cowes, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, Kingston Cemetery, Luftwaffe, Medina River, Northwood Cemetery, ORP Błyskawica, Poland, Polish Destroyer
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