War memorials post 1

This is to hold the first set of images specifically of war memorials.  There ended up being too many for a single post, and a few others are included in the daily posts (click on 'memorials, in the labels section) to see all such posts .  I shall try to add text to highlight the interesting features of the various memorials in the next few days.

Arundel, in the main square.  It was about the first we saw, and started me thinking of collecting such images. There is a nice dedication, and ranks are listed.

A small parish church in the village of East Tisted.  Gives quite a story about each person honoured.  I am surprised that in a village of this size (population of 200 in 2001) they lost 4 people.

The memorial for WW1 deaths from East Tisted only has 3 listed.  I am intrigued by the third, who is shown as dying in North Russia in September 1919.  I wasn't aware of WW1 being fought in North Russia and thought that it finished in 1918.  (Some Australian memorials cite 1919 because it took a while to get back.)

This person seems to have been lucky twice (horse shot and Alma, severely wounded at Inkerman) before dying at Sebastopol).  I am not aware of any Australian involvment in the Crimea.

A memorial by Lord and Lady Forster of Lepe to their two sons who died in WW1.  I was attracted by the style wjoch reminds me of the crusdaer poses.

A member of the RFC who died 'on army manoeuvres'.  So like the many memorials around NSW to people killed on flying training.

The Selsey memorial. As noted in the text 57 killed of a population of about 1500 at that time.  (There is of course a chance that the 'killed' refer to a parish which might be larger than the Census village.)

This is a chapel commemorating the Worcestershire regiment in various conflicts.  In the Worcester Cathedral.

This set of windows in the Cloister at Worcester commemorate various people who died in a number of theatres of action in WW1.  The far right panel is to members of the choir who died in that conflict.

Not only Australians died at Gallipoli.

This is erected by the Earl of Stafford in honour of those who died in glorious victories (how many would have died in a defeat?) at Sutlej in 1845-46.  I had never heard of that place, and according to Wikipedia it is in the Punjab area of India, and appears to be disputed territory these days.  Further Googling shows this to be part of the 1st Sikh War.

A Boer War memorial.

Memorials to men of Tugford.  The upper plaque mentions 11 who volunteered in WW1 of whom 3 were killed.

This memorial is in Hereford Cathdral.  The flags are British Legion.

This set of memorials are to people associated with Hereford , but from a number of Regiments.

This is the secular memorial in Hereford.  The notice on the railings gives a number of details, incuding that about 2000 people from Herefordshire died in WW1.

For the Herefordshire Regiment.  The verse in the lower panel is the line by Rupert Brooke referring to "a corner of a foreign field that is for ever England".

A simple memorial in Leominster.

The main memorial near the Guildhall in Leominster>  The idea of a garden of Remembrance is quite common.

The uniforms of the the three sons of the household of the household at Berrington Hall.  The inscriptions on the pedestals should be legible if image clicked.

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