No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he is not the same man.
Heraclitus
Archive for August, 2014
18 Comments CherryPie on Aug 10th 2014
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Armed Forces Memorial
The men and women of our Armed and Merchant Services who have lost their lives in conflict, as a result of terrorist action or on training exercises since the end of World War II are remembered here. Unlike the World War memorials in towns and villages across the Nation, there is nowhere else that records [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 9th 2014
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Basra Memorial Wall
The Basra Memorial Wall is a truly poignant monument to the 178 UK service personnel and one Ministry of Defence (MoD) civilian who lost their lives on combat operations in Iraq and also lists members of Coalition Forces who were killed whilst under UK command during six years of conflict.
The original memorial was built in [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 8th 2014
The inspiration for the Remembrance garden comes form the RAF Association’s Dedication, the last in line of which is “we will remember them”. The central feature of the 50 metre-long garden is the RAF Association emblem – a magnificent stainless steel eagle sitting on top of a globe. The eagle, named Winston, is made up [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 7th 2014
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The Royal Tank Regiment
The very first battle involving tanks took place on the Somme when approximately 30 tanks attacked German positions between the villages of Flers and Courcelette on Friday 15 September 1916. This was one of the largest battles of World War I, with more than one million casualties. At dawn on 20 November 1917 the first [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 6th 2014
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Westminster Abbey – First World War Vigil
Above is the single candle that I lit for a shared moment of reflection, marking the centenary of the First World War. To reflect on the occasion I tuned into the BBC2 broadcast of the Vigil Ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
Drawing upon Sir Edward Grey’s famous remark that “the lights are going out all over Europe”, [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 5th 2014
