Memorials Collection (page 2)

Memorial to Major Charles Strafford MBE, Ranville
After the war a number of veterans returned to Normandy to live and one of the most notable was Charles Strafford. He became very involved in the Commemorations associated with D-Day

Commandant Kiefer & 4 Commando Memorial
This is in Colleville-Montgomery opposite the First British Graves Memorial and remembers both Kieffer and the French Forces of No 4 Commando. There are a number of memorials to Kieffer

Airstrip B3 Memorial area, Ste Croix sur Mer, Normandy
This was the first British landing strip to became operational - on 10 June 1944. The first Squadrons to land here were 130 and 133 at 1200 on the 10th

Childrens Peace Monument in the Hiroshima Peace Park
Childrens Peace Monument in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, by the Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima, Japan commemorating the bombing of Hiroshima at the end of World War II

Peace flame in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima
Peace flame and the Peace Memorial Musem in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima by the Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome

Peace flame and Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima
Peace flame and Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome, in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, Japan commemorating the bombing of Hiroshima at the end of World War II

The Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima
The Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome, in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, Japan commemorating the bombing of Hiroshima at the end of World War II. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Xianxian, China - Traditional Pailou / Paifang Archways
Xianxian (Sienhsien), China - Street scene with traditional Pailou / Paifang Archways Date: circa 1908

Anglo-Belgian war memorial unveiled, 1920
The unveiling of the Anglo-Belgian War Memorial on the Victoria Embankment, London, on 12th October 1920, the fifth anniversary of the shooting of Edith Cavell in Brussels

The Cenotaph in silhouette
View of the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, erected after the World War One in remembrance of soldiers who fell during the conflict and the central focus for all remembrance events since. Date: 1926

Shelley Memorial
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY The Shelley Memorial (1854) Christchurch Priory Church, Hampshire, England. This sculpture by Henry Weekes, shows Mary Shelley grieving Date: 1792 - 1822

Queen Mother attending Blitz Memorial Service, St Pauls
Blitz Memorial unveiling and ceremony at St Pauls Cathedral, London, 4 May 1991, with the Queen Mother in attendance

Memorial Cenotaph and Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima
The Memorial Cenotaph and the Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome, in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, Japan commemorating the bombing of Hiroshima at the end of World War II

Reflection of the Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima
Reflection of the Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome, in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, Japan commemorating the bombing of Hiroshima at the end of World War II

Floral tributes at the Cenotaph, November 1920
A little girl adds her contribution to the mass of floral tributes left at the Cenotaph, following its unveiling in Whitehall at the Armistice Day ceremony on 11 November 1920

The Cenotaph in Whitehall
Unveiled by King George V on Armistice Day, 11 November 1920, the Cenotaph - memorial to the Glorious Dead - designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and built from Portland stone. Date: 1920

The Cenotaph covered in flowers, November 1920
The Cenotaph in Whitehall, pictured swamped in floral tributes in the days following its unveiling at the Armistice Day ceremony on 11 November 1920. 1920

The Cenotaph unveiled, 1920
Page from The Sphere reporting on the unveiling of the Cenotaph in Whitehall by King George V on 11 November 1920. A temporary structure of wood

South Africa - Siege Memorials, Kimberley
Siege Memorials, Kimberley, near Bloemfontein, Frances Baard, Northern Cape, South Africa. Date: 1900

24 British War Memorial photographs in a booklet entitled British War Memorials 1914-1918 - Ypres (Salient. Published in Brussels by E. R. N. Thill. Commemorative Art

King George V examining memorials on the battlefield
King George V visiting the British lines on the Western front and reading the inscription on a memorial to a fallen soldier. The Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) is in the background. Date: 1914

The Royal Air Force Memorial in silhouette
The Royal Air Force memorial, on the Embankment, London, captured in silhouette. Built in 1923, it is situated on the Victoria Embankment close to Cleopatras Needle

Silhouette portrait of Gilbert Ledward, sculptor
Silhouette portrait of Gilbert Ledward (1888-1960), sculptor of various war memorials, including the Guards Division memorial in St Jamess Park, London. Portrait made in April 1924. Date: 1924

American War Memorial, Gibraltar
American War Memorial (Naval Monument), Gibraltar, relating to the First World War, dedicated in 1937. Date: circa 1930s

Works by Charles Sargeant Jagger, British sculptor
Three works by Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934), British sculptor. At the top: Music, the design which won him the Prix de Rome in 1914. Lower left: Prometheus Bound

Piccadilly Circus in London, with the Shaftesbury Memorial (Eros statue)

Willett Sundial Memorial
WILLIAM WILLETT Willet, Petts Wood, Chislehurst, Kent, England. His campaign for daylight saving led to the Summer Time Act of 1925. Date: 1856 - 1915

Haig Statue, Whitehall
DOUGLAS, 1ST EARL HAIG The fine statue of the British World War One Senior Commander, in front of the Banqueting Hall, Whitehall, Westminster, London. Date: 1861 - 1928

Shelley Monument
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY monument : he died by drowning in a storm off the coast of Italy. Date: 1792 - 1822

Statue of Wellington
DUKE OF WELLINGTON Statue (erected 1844) of Wellington, outside the Bank of England, London, cast in bronze from cannons he captured from the French. Date: 1769 - 1852

Diaz Monument
BARTHOLOMEW DIAZ Monument to the Portuguese explorer, the first European to see the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa. Date: 1450 (?) - 1500

Unveiling of War Memorial by Earl Haig, Alloa, Scotland. A painted bronze sculpture by Pilkington Jackson on a substantial cylindrical stone pedestal

Kruger Family Graves - Pretoria, South Africa Date: circa 1910s

Dover, Delaware, USA - Christ Episcopal Church
Christ Episcopal Church, South State and Water Streets, Dover, Delaware, USA - erected in 1734. In the foreground is the Bonwill Family Obelisk. Date: circa 1920s

Lincoln Memorial Statue
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Bust of the American President by Andrew O Connor, loaned to the Gresham Committee by the Lincoln Presentation Committee. Date: early 1930s

Zulu Wars memorial
Zulu Wars. Memorial cross to Napoleon Joseph, 1880 Date: 1880

Chemnitz. The three memorials. Photograph shows the city hall and the three memorials (left to right: Count Otto von Bismarck; Emperor Wilhelm I, and Generalfeldmarschall von Moltke) on the square

Preparing for the Unveiling of the Victoria Memorial
Officers and banner bearers standing in front of the Queen Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace, still covered in scaffolding but due to be unveiled on 16th May 1911 in the presence of King

Christian Krohg Statue
Memorial statue of Norwegian naturalist painter, author and journalist CHRISTIAN KROHG (1852 - 1925), surrounded by tourists enjoying a drink at an open air cafe, Oslo, Norway Date: late 1960s

Samuel Lister Statue
SAMUEL CUNLIFFE LISTER His statue in Lister Park, Bradford, Yorkshire, England. A prolific inventor of over 150 inventions, including a wool-combing machine. Date: 1815 - 1906

Thomas Smith Memorial
THOMAS GILBERT SMITH The Smith Memorial Seat, beside the A35 road, near Sidford, Devon, England. He fell from his bicycle here and died. Then it thundered. Date: 1848 - 1904

Clive of India Memorial
Memorial statue of Robert Clive, 1st Baron on Plassey ( Clive of India ), King Charles Street, London, England. Date: late 1960s

T. E. Lawrence Effigy
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA This effigy of T.E. Lawrence in St. Martins Church, Wareham, Dorset, is by Eric Kennington. Lawrence is in full Arab dress; head on a camel saddle. Date: 1888 - 1935

Crimea Memorial 1950S
The Crimea Memorial on Lower Regent Street, London, seen from Waterloo Place. Date: 1950s

Van Riebeeck Statue
JOHAN JAN VAN RIEBEECK Statue of the Dutch colonial administrator, credited as the founder of Cape Town, South Africa. Date: 1619 - 1677

The Lever Memorial, outside the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Merseyside, England, in memory of William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme and his wife. Date: 1851 - 1925

The Wallace Stone, at Blairston Mains Farm, near Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. It has associations with Sir William Wallace and has a carving of a sword on it. Date: 1950s photo

Criticism of the Queen Victoria Memorial in The Sphere
A page in The Sphere magazine from 1911, which gives a no-holds-barred critique of the newly unveiled Queen Victoria Memorial monument in the Mall, London in front of Buckingham Palace

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