Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Anecdotes
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
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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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This memorial remembers the terrible loss of life which occurred during WWI when a force famously including the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) attempted to land and defeat the armies of the Ottoman Empire. They were attempting to capture Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia. There were huge cassualties on both [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 31st 2014
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When I set off to visit The National Memorial Arboretum this morning I didn’t realise that it was Memorial Day in the United States. It was only later when I got back home and read Ginnie’s post at Vision & Verb that I realised I had picked a perfect day to visit the Arboretum. The [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on May 26th 2014
Filed under Holidays, Mechelen 2014
2 Comments CherryPie on May 16th 2014
