british war memorials

“ And having each one given his body to the Commonwealth they receive in stead thereof a most remarkable sepulchre, not that wherein they are buried so much as that other wherein their glory is laid up on all occasions, both of word and deed, to be remembered for evermore” For synopses and more detailed overview of the book, including full contents, click here

This book examines Britain's war memorials, commencing with the white marble statuary erected in Britain's cathedrals in the 19th century to commemorate great commanders, through to the utilisation of bronze casting techniques to commemorate significant military figures and regiments.

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• contents:
  • 434 pages
  • 100 photographs
  • biographies of historical figures

• ISBN: 0-7552-0186-8

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A thousand war memorials would be erected in Britain to commemorate the fallen of the Boer War and the memorialisation process would be given added impetus by the magnitude of the nation's losses in the Great War. In the period between the Armistice and the General Strike of 1926, both in UK and overseas, many thousands of war memorials would be erected by communities, the Imperial War Graves Commission, schools, universities, government departments, businesses, clubs, municipal authorities, regiments, formations of the armed forces, or in some exceptional cases by the entire nation to commemorate a particular individual. Some communities erected no memorial at all and the reasons why are examined here.

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