War Memorials Outside of the UK

Adam,

I think that we will be pleasantly surprised.

Regards
Tom

 

I;ve got photo of a memorial to the Australian light horse somewhere, but its on good old negative film...I'll have to dig it out.
I think I may also have some photos of HMAS Syndey Memorial Drive.
Great idea for a thread, there must be lots of magnificent memorials that we in the UK haven't heard of let alone seen.

 

Nice idea for a thread. A couple from Germany.

This is the town memorial in Altenahr in the Rhineland..



And from another thread the memorial from Remagen complete with 1945 battle damage..

 

Here are a few in my neck of the woods. The first two are from a city park across the street from my house. First is not WW2. American civil war,
this entire unit was captured and paroled. Came home and fought in the first Sioux war. They were captured by N.B. Forrest at Murfreesboro Tennessee, during one of Forrest's raid. They were tricked into surrendering.
Ttyman

 

The second is in the same park. Put there by the family. It is in a white ash tree.
Ttyman

 

This last one is in the town next to mine, it is less than a mile from my house.
This is like many in the states. If you gentlemen are serious I can photo many more. Members should show some interest. No matter what I plan to do one more in a couple of weeks, and include a little story.
Ttyman

 

Some time ago I put together a couple of galleries on Flickr relating to German Memorials.

German War Memorials - a gallery on Flickr

German War Memorials 2 - a gallery on Flickr

 

WAR MEMORIALS outside the UK

Re war memorials outside the UK...please see my travel guidebook, titled A Travel Guide to World War II Sites in Italy, which describes over 100 monuments and museums, many dedicated to Commonwealth forces. It also provides a short history of the Italian campaign and notes memorials to the Italian Resistance. The book is sold by Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, and other vendors

 

Paul, Anne and Owen, thanks for sharing those. Von Poop I will send more along. I enjoyed seeing those. Paul I spent over 3 years in Germany and never saw one memorial. As a child lived in Madrid, remember memorials to Spanish civil war. Down south there are many Confederate memorials. There is one large one in St.Paul to the Union Vets. I will try and stick to WW2 as I do know where there are a few.
Ttyman

 

A couple from Chilliwack,British Columbia,Canada.

Second one is Piper Richardson V.C.

Will post pictures from the Sapper Memorial if I can find it.



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After some searching my hard drive came up with this:



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At the old Canadian Forces Base, Chilliwack, that used to be the home of the RCE.

 

Here in Queensland there is quite a good website to collate photos and info about the state's war memorials of any type.


This is the link to the one in Ebbw Vale (QLD, not Wales in the UK) - Queensland War Memorial Register (Digger)


The "Digger" memorial is most prevalent, on my commute to work I pass 3 or 4 of them.



oh, and damaging a memorial does not make you very popular....

Man smashes Woodend war memorial with his car then 'grabs beer and flees' | News.com.au

Driver ruins war memorial | Ipswich Queensland Times

 

Once again thanks all for sharing. Loved the Memorial to James Richardson VC, very cool.
Regards
Ttyman

 

This link brings you to 179 WW II memorials in Ireland and Northern Ireland (one of them German, and a few to seaman on Irish ships sunk by mines or submarines). There were approximately 70,000 volunteers from Ireland (not including Northern Ireland) in the British forces in World War II, and they won eight V.Cs.

Belville