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Tag Archives: Cenotaph
Bristol Cenotaph
The Cenotaph in Bristol may be found at Google Earth co-ordinates 51.454987°, -2.596391°. in Magpie Park, Colston Avenue, Bristol. I believe the area around the cenotaph as recently been remodelled so everything is in a reasonably good condition. War Memorials Register entry … Continue reading
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Tagged Bristol, Cenotaph, Magpie Park, War memorial, World War
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Liverpool Cenotaph
The Cenotaph in Liverpool may be found at Google Earth co-ordinates 53.408540°, -2.979478°, it is situated in front of St George’s Hall and consists of a rectangular block of stone on a platform, with bronze, low-relief sculptures on the sides depicting … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of the Atlantic, Cenotaph, Liverpool, Liverpool Cenotaph, mourning, St George's Hall, Western Approaches, World War
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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
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Tagged Cenotaph, Church, Roll of Honour, Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Abbey, War memorial, World War
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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
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Tagged Cenotaph, Francis-Doyle Jones, Roll of Honour, soldier, Sutton Coldfield, UK, War memorial, Warwickshire, World War
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War Memorials in Walsall
The town of Walsall in Staffordshire, has a lot of War Memorials, and rather than creating individual pages for each one, I will rather put them altogether in one page and slowly split them off as I get to them … Continue reading
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Tagged Cenotaph, John Henry Carless VC, St Marys of the Mount, St Matthews Parish Church, Staffordshire, Victoria Cross, Walsall, War memorial
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Walsall Cenotaph
The cenotaph in Walsall, Staffordshire may be found at Google Earth co-ordinates 52.583179°, -1.983704°, it is situated on a small island in the middle of a roundabout. What does make this cenotaph interesting is that it is located on the … Continue reading
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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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Reading War Memorial
The War Memorial in Reading is not really a spectacular memorial, it does not have any Roll of Honour, or any of the trappings normally associated with war memorials that I have seen, in fact it is probably better described … Continue reading
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Hook War Memorial
The War Memorial in the village of Hook, may be found on the traffic island between London and Newnham Roads just outside Hook. at Google Earth co-ordinates 51.280389° -0.968156° The memorial is inscribed: AD 1920 This Stone of Remembrance was … Continue reading
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Tagged Basingstoke, Cenotaph, Hampshire, Hook, Nately Scures, Newnham, ROH, World War
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Germiston Cenotaph
I spotted the Germiston and Districts War Memorial purely by accident after taking a wrong turn on my way home on 14 November 200. The Memorial is on the corner of Odendaal and President Strs. Germiston, in front of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Carnegie Library, Cenotaph, East Rand, Germiston and Districts War Memorial, ROH, World War
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