Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
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The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.
Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary, August 1914
Photo Copywright – www.1418now.org.uk/lights-out/
Lights Out
The outbreak of the First World War was a cataclysmic event in world history. We know now that the enormous losses, huge economic cost and unprecedented [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 3rd 2014
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This memorial has a special significance for me. My Great Uncle served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the first world war.
This large woodland has red and gold leaved trees individually dedicated to members of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC).
A memorial plinth stands at the entrance to a central avenue of purple leaved [...]
11 Comments CherryPie on Aug 2nd 2014
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…And Airborne Forces Memorial
The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces National Memorial, which is located at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, commemorates those members of the Regiment and Airborne Forces who have died on active service since 1940 and provides a place of pilgrimage, particularly to those who have lost family members overseas in inaccessible [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 1st 2014
