National Memorial Arboretum

And this one I found for Brian (ADM199)

 

Great shots mate, especially the DV one. Annoyingly I missed that when I went and its right near where we parked the car.

Quite a few more shots here if anyone is interested:

http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/war-cemeteries-war-memorial-research/13215-national-memorial-arboretum-armed-forces-memorial.html

Cheers
Andy

 

Kieron -
that "willow" squadron looks as undergunned and underarmoured as some of the Tanks we had to fight in - it was only in the beginning in the desert that we had the upper hand against the Italian Tanks and when Rommell finally arrived with his Pz's MkIII - IV's and then the Tiger - it was all over for Tank men - then in Italy he came up with the Panther......we were presented with one of them after "Smokey" Smith V.C. had scared the crew out of it - my friend Walter Pollard had a ball firing their special 75mm back at them until he stood on a "schu" mine...RIP Walter ...
Cheers

 

Thanks for that Kieron;
The Memorial is one I commissioned 6 or 7 years ago.
After seeing the lightweight Aluminium Plaques buckle and bend a local Foundry produced this for me in Bronze.

There were about 100 people at the Dedication Service with a mixture of Families,Veterans, representatives from the D.L.I. and the Worcester and Foresters Regiments.
There were also survivors from 2 sinkings; the Late Gnr Cyril Medley(11th R.H.A.)Ariosto; Dvr.Alex Franks (2/2 M.A.C.)Ariosto; the late Cpl.Bill Mackie(The Kings Own) The Scillin.

The Memorial looks as though it is ready for it's yearly Clean which is done usually about May.

There was a photograph of the Memorial produced in the Ex P.O.W. Journals both in the U.K. and New Zealand.

 

Photos taken yesterday at the National Memorial Arboretum. Some have been posted before. The place is so vast it is impossible to photograph all the memorials in just one visit.




more to follow

 

Great photos Lesley.

 

Great Photos Lesley

Cheers
Paul