Lytham St Annes Spitfire Memorial in Lytham St Annes, England
During World War II, locals rallied together to buy this plane to support the war effort.#localhistory #warhistory #warmemorial #memorials #worldwarii #airports #airplanes #aircraft #section-Atlas
Lytham St Annes Spitfire Memorial
The Australian War Memorial stands for sacrifice—but is it now entangled with the very industry that profits from war? Four Corners exposes troubling links to weapons manufacturers and questions the impact of its $550 million redevelopment. #FourCorners #Sacrifice #auspol #lobby #bribery #warmemorial https://youtu.be/XCjI7yTfEhk
Watching Kim Beazley on 4 Corners story about the #WarMemorial it’s obvious Australia dodged a bullet in never electing that chickenhawk our PM. #auspol
The War Memorial Cottage in Gartcosh just to the east of Glasgow. Designed by Gavin Lennox, it was built as a memorial nurses home, and features two plaques listing the names of local residents who died in World War I (on the left hand gate pillar) and World War II (on the right hand one).
The winged figure of Victory on the Partick and Whiteinch War Memorial in Victoria Park in the West of Glasgow. Designed by Francis William Doyle-Jones, it was erected in 1922.
A row of houses in the Mosspark area of Glasgow, built in 1952 as part of the Royal Artillery War Memorial to those who served in the Second World War.
La Pasionaria on the Clyde Waterfront in Glasgow. Featuring a statue of Dolores Ibarruri, it's a memorial to the volunteers of the Internarional Brigade who fought and died in the fight against the forces of fascism in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.
https://www.excitinghistory.com/location/apeldoorn-man-met-twee-hoeden/
Drove past the man with two hats twice this week.
My Mango velomobile parked next to an information sign about the shooting down of a Flying Suitcase (Handley Page Hampden AE185) by a Flying Pencil (Dornier Do 215).
This happened on the 18th of August 1941. At that time it was very clear that the Nazis were the bad guys.
There is information available in various places, including here:
https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/53211
A fallen petal on the Gorbals Rose Garden War Memorial commemorating Private James Stokes who was born in Hutchesontown in Glasgow and died in Kervenheim in Germany in 1945 while serving with the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in single-handedly storming a number of enemy positions.
The Chattri war memorial in Sussex, taken from the air.
#photography #drone #aerialphotography #HDR #mandmarks #sussex #warmemorial #DJI
https://creativesplurgesdailyphoto.wordpress.com/2025/02/05/chattri-war-memorial/
One of the two lions on the Cenotaph in Glasgow's George Square. It was created in the 1920s to remember those who died during World War I. It was designed by the architect J.J. Burnet, while the sculptures, including the lions, were created by Ernest Gillick.
In April 2022, a little over a month after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces retreated from the northern Chernihiv region – leaving behind thousands of destroyed homes and lives. #Ukraine #invasion #warmemorial
July 1926. France "mildly but pointedly suggested" they can't afford to compete with the grand and expensive war memorials being erected by Britain and the Dominions, such as Australian memorial at Menin Gate, Ypres. #FirstWorldWar #WarMemorial
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51349622
'Glory Glory with Crutches' in Oslo, Norway
Located within military grounds, this one-legged bronze soldier poignantly showcases the human cost of war.#memorials #artoutside #war #warmemorial #sculptures #section-Atlas
'Glory Glory with Crutches'
The media will continue to normalize the insanity, criminality, and corruption. It's how we got here.
#WarMemorial #againstwar #JulieFowlis #SpeakGaelic I’m not on for posting much apart from cat photos.
Here’s a link to a most beautiful song, sung by Julie Fowlis, and recommended by my Gaelic tutor.
https://youtu.be/6qWWgntTdO0
Lyrics are displayed in Gaidhlig and English.
