On our first visit there was no plaque, but the 'ghost' marks on the plinth suggest that there was an original central plaque (WW1) with ...
The instruction "See that ye conquer by living as we have conquered by dying" sounds like a quote but we can't locate it. The WW1 names ...
Airplanes were used in WW1 but there was strong opposition to aerial bombing. The British argued in favour, needing to use the tactic on ...
Green Western Australian granite, with polished slabs forming a curved wall carved all over with the 24,000 names of the hometowns of the...
The names are grouped by department: General Office, Coaching Department, Good Department, Engineers Department, Outdoor Locomotive Depar...
"... and of whom those whose names ..." - we just don't write English like that any more, thank heavens.
The Friends say "The air raid shelters were actually on the south field of the park, not under the sunken garden, and, indeed, in Google ...
Designed by Liam O'Connor as a reduced-scale version of Lutyens' monument at India Gate in New Delhi. Regarding the list of names - we t...
A time capsule is buried beneath this monument. From Londonist: "The box, filled with first world war memorabilia, is fashioned from the...
This bronze figure represents Daedalus, the Greek guy who crafted wings for himself and his son Icarus to escape Crete. But he used wax ...
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