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Tag Archives: Cemetery
Unravelling the Rand Revolt Casualties
One of the many thousands of questions that I have asked myself since I started photographing war graves was: “How many people were killed during the Rand Revolt?” The assumption being that you actually knew what the Rand Revolt of … Continue reading
Posted in East Rand, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Johannesburg, Memorials and Monuments, Personal, Retrospective, South Africa
Tagged 1922, Casualty, Cemetery, East Rand, gold, Johannesburg, miner, Rand Revolt
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Remember the War
“Many people laid down their lives in that terrible conflict. They fought so we could live in peace, at home and abroad. They died so we could live as free people in a world of free nations. They risked all … Continue reading
Posted in Collections and Museums, CWGC, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Military, Personal, Photo Essay, Portsmouth and Gosport, Retrospective, United Kingdom, War, War Memorial, World War 2
Tagged Cemetery, Cenotaph, CWGC, MIlitary, Remembrance Day, Second World War, VE Day, war, War grave
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OTD: The Braamfontein Dynamite Explosion
One of the many events that occurred in the fledgling city of Johannesburg was the Dynamite Explosion that occurred on 19 February 1896 at Braamfontein Station. A memorial was erected in Braamfontein Cemetery to commemorate the event, and the over … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, Heritage, Johannesburg, Memorials and Monuments, On This Day, Personal, Retrospective, South Africa
Tagged Braamfontein, Braamfontein Cemetery, Cemetery, Dynamite Explosion Memorial, grave, On this day, Vrededorp
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Holywell Cemetery
Holywell Cemetery is the first cemetery that I visited in Oxford and is one of two that are within what I call “walking distance” of the town centre. There was no real compelling reason to visit it either, but from … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, Hobbies and Interests, Memorials and Monuments, Photo Essay, United Kingdom
Tagged Cemetery, Churchyard, grave, graveyard, headstone, Holywell Cemetery, Oxford
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Revisiting Soldier’s Corner
The last time I was in Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol was October 2015, and on that visit I discovered that the original ledger stones had been installed on what is known as “Soldier’s Corner”. This area was established by … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, Gloucestershire, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Memorials and Monuments, Military, Personal, Tewkesbury, Transportation, United Kingdom, War, War Grave, War Memorial, World War 1, World War 2
Tagged Arnos Vale, Bristol, Bristol Temple Meads, Cemetery, CWGC, Soldier's Corner, South African, South African War Graves Project, Tewkesbury, War grave
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