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Re: Graveyards

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Greetings,

Folks might be interested in a book by the tv personality Neil Oliver, "Not Forgotten" ISBN 0-340-89873-9 The book tells the story of many soldiers and their families.

I have a copy if anybody would like to have it. Send me a PM and I will post it to you.

Slight change, the two cemeteries in Paris, Montmartre Cemetery in the north, Père Lachaise in the east plus our own Highgate East and West in London are worth visiting. We had a guided tour of West Highgate and the guide explained the symbolism of the grave stones and tombs. The Bayeux War Cemetery also respects both Allied and German graves. RM recruits visit and place a remembrance cross.

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One of the earliest WW1 war memorials was at Woodchester near Stroud, the picture is a page from our Armistice Challenge in 2018 .
A link to further info https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/artic ... -memorial/
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gbags wrote: Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:16 pm
Flintlock wrote: Thu Jul 05, 2018 11:05 pm Came across this grave yesterday evening.

Two brothers, both served in WW1 and both survived, between them awarded

Three DSO's
One MC
Three Croix De Guerre
Mentioned in Dispatches twelve times.

Returned home to Ireland and both killed in the Irish War of Independance

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I agree that graveyards are very interesting as well as peaceful.

I’m not being flippant but I wonder if those officers were still serving the crown and killed by Irishmen or Irish patriots and killed by the Crown forces?

In Exeter there’s a Commonwealth War Grave with Allied airmen from all over the world, laid almost beside German airmen, which is pretty poignant.
Both were killed serving the Crown
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Richard Simpson Mark II wrote: Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:35 pm The Irish war was a tangled web for sure.

This man's life (and death) is as good an example as any

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erskine_Childers_(author)

British patriot and decorated soldier, Irish patriot, a martyr to the republican cause executed by the republic. Make sense of that!
Sums up the madness & pointlessness of the wars within Ireland
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On a lighter note and a lot further from home, I once visited the incredible rock hewn subterranean churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia.
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Whilst wandering around I was shown how they lay their priests to rest.

Space must have been at a premium (unless this chap actually had three legs!)
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Nigel wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2018 6:41 pm There is a graveyard at the back of my house, quietest neighbours I've ever had :lol:
Aye, bet you thought you had tinnitus; it was actually the residents next door ringing their bells..... :lol:

I have a primary school over the back fence, you wouldn't believe some of the screams that come out of them (all in play) but gives you a jolt.
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Irvinestown Church of Ireland Graveyard, Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh

Commonwealth War Graves - all Commonwealth Air Force Personnel who were serving with RAF Coastal Command, flying out of Lough Erne nearby during WW2
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Not a relative but has the same name as my son, and I did my 8 years in the RN too, 2years of which were as a Middy
I suspect the first James Eaton had a slightly tougher childhood than my son is experiencing
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It was another lovely autumn day here so, given the date, I decided to ride out to Rom, a village about 20km from my home. In the village cemetery there there are the graves of 30 SAS soldiers and an American airman who were assassinated by the Germans soon after D Day. Their story is told below.

https://www.staybehinds.com/sas-operation-bulbasket

The place where they were shot is in a wood a few kilometres from the cemetery. It’s reached by riding along gravel tracks through the woodland and is marked by a memorial.
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A visit to this Graveyard today
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Lt Col Blair "Paddy" Mayne - one of the first members of the SAS & one of the highest decorated soldiers of the British Army
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