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Tag Archives: Roll of Honour
Remembering The Few
This past week Facebook was awash with pictures of useless, corrupt and lousy politicians, vapid celebs, mad cats and Spitfires. The Spitfires are the most important of the lot and that is because we were all remembering the events of … Continue reading
Posted in Aircraft, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, London, Memorials and Monuments, Personal, Photo Essay, Retrospective, South Africa, United Kingdom, War, War Memorial, World War 2
Tagged Blitz, bombing, Hurricane, London, Luftwaffe, RAF, Roll of Honour, Second World War, Spitfire, The Few
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Visiting Winston
While doing the navigation for Oxford I realised that it was not too difficult to visit the grave of Sir Winston Churchill in Bladon. He is buried in the churchyard of the Parish Church of St Martin in Bladon (Google … Continue reading
Posted in Churches and Cathedrals, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Memorials and Monuments, Military, Personal, Photo Essay, Roll of Honour, South Africa, United Kingdom, War, War Memorial, World War 1, World War 2
Tagged Anglo Boer War, Bladon, Blenheim Palace, Blitz, Evesham, grave, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Roll of Honour, War memorial, Winston Churchill
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