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Category Archives: Headstones
Virtual Tour & Extra Headstone (snappy title eh?)
For anyone who might find it of interest, which is all of you, on Wednesday 11th November a friend of mine is leading an online virtual tour of the war memorials around the Whitehall area of London. It should be … Continue reading
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‘A Soldier of the Great War’ – The Headstone of the Unknown Soldier Part Four
The Indian Army, or at least the infantry divisions of the Indian Army, would only see action on the Western Front for a year – from October 1914 to October 1915 – but nonetheless you will still come across the … Continue reading
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‘Known Unto God’ – The Headstone of the Unknown Soldier Part Three
A selection of Scottish, Welsh & Irish headstones this post, beginning with the Scottish regiments, and three unknown men of the Black Watch.
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‘Known unto God’ – The Headstone of the Unknown Soldier Part Two
Across the hundreds of CWGC cemeteries in Flanders and France, among the many thousands of unidentified soldiers buried within, you will frequently come across headstones marking the graves of unknown men – those pictured above from the Notts & Derby … Continue reading
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‘Known unto God’ – The Headstone of the Unknown Soldier Part One
The oh-so-familiar headstone of the unknown soldier.
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A Question of Headstones
The white Portland Stone British military headstone that can be seen in CWGC cemeteries across Europe and elsewhere has entered iconic architectural status, not least because of the genius of the simple curvature to the top of each headstone. I … Continue reading