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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:32 pm    Post subject: Bench in Annan Cemetery Reply with quote

Apologies for this post, even I wouldn't really call this a memorial but I happened to be passing Annan cemetery (literally) so stopped in to have a quick look at the war grave section. Spotting this bench and its obvious view of the war graves, I couldn't resist sharing - in fairness I would say it is off-topic, but a near miss.



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Paul,
What's the detail on the headstone 5 in from the end?

http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=74174&mode=1
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Derek

I think the lion was used by the Dutch for their headstones.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

On my travels taking photos for BWMP, I've noticed quite a few different shapes of stones. I think the shape of that stone in the above photo might be for a Czech.

This one is certainly a Czech.


Dutch


Polish


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A bit off topic here, but it is informative and as we started that way ...................
Here is the one in question which I took to be Polish (probably wrongly, I was only going on the name) and three others from the Troqueer cemetery (German, Italian and Norwegian)




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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I found this site:

http://ww1cemeteries.com/othercemeteries/brookwoodlist.htm

The stones as described look to be a standard shape for each different country although I didn't see a Dutch one.

Do you send copies of your photos to BWMP Spoons? Steve Rodgers will happily take them although what he actually does with them, I don't know. I presume he forwards them to some sort of similar organisation to theirs.

Anne

P.S. Here's a link to the Czech stone above:

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2843690
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spoons,
You missed the memorial tree at the end of the row:



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Again, getting off the thread, the CWGC graves in Annan Cemetery are very interesting with a Pole, Canadians, Americans, British West Indies, Australian and New Zealand fallen in one row.
I also liked this epitaph:

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, yes I did spot it, but like the bench, is it a memorial? I didn't think so (always happy to be corrected though) - so didn't bother to photograph it.

By the way, always seems to be someone interested in what you are doing when they see you in a cemetery with a camera Laughing

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spoons

Excellent photo of the robin, and a very well maintained cemetery by the looks of it as well. You don't see many that well looked after these days.

I'd count the tree as a war memorial or strictly speaking peace memorial. There were quite a few trees, benches and plaques erected by RBL branches in 1985, then again by other branches in 1995 and another few at the millenium.

They were erected as a focus of remembrance and thanksgiving and I think we should include them on our forum.

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