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spoons
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 4991 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject: Bench in Annan Cemetery |
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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.
and the view
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DerekR Moderator
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 3013 Location: Hawick, Scotland
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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Derek
I think the lion was used by the Dutch for their headstones.
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apanderson Administrator
Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 2571 Location: Stirlingshire
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:47 am Post subject: |
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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.
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Polish
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spoons
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 4991 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:01 am Post subject: |
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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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apanderson Administrator
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DerekR Moderator
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:20 am Post subject: |
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Spoons,
You missed the memorial tree at the end of the row:
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DerekR Moderator
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:23 am Post subject: |
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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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spoons
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 4991 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:32 am Post subject: |
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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
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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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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