On Sunday 9th November, the nearest Sunday to 11th November, we commemorated Remembrance Sunday.
This is the day we remember the sacrifice of the servicemen & women who died in The Great War; also known as the First World War and World War 1 (WW1).
There are many war memorials around the country & in other parts of the world where remembrance services take place at this special time & today's session involved searching for & identifying the many different types of war memorial.
The meaning of remembrance has changed to include memories of all those killed & injured in all the conflicts. This includes the most recent losses in Afghanistan & Iraq, as well as those from the emergency services who lost their lives in the course of their duties & service.
Some memorials we located were:
The Cenotaph in London where the televised remembrance service takes place.
The National Arboretum. A peaceful garden with areas set out for many different categories of the armed services, emergency services & others. This is in Staffordshire & is just becoming established as a national memorial. Follow this link to find out more about this amazing peaceful place of reflection. http://www.thenma.org.uk
The latest new memorial window in Scunthorpe:
We found an article on a local newspaper website about this window:
One of Britain’s rarest war memorials, to be found in Scunthorpe, will go on public show tomorrow (Tuesday (November 11) between 10.30am and 4pm.
The memorial at the Ashby Wesley Church, in Ashby High Street, takes the form of 20 stained glass windows.
They record the names of the 29 men from the Ashby congregation who were killed in the First World War.
Among them were the minister, Private William Dimmock, who volunteered for action along with the Sunday school teacher teacher, Sergeant Wesley Parker.
They were erected in 1919 by a Leeds builder, William Spence, after the congregation raised the cash by holding a victory bazaar.
A book about the Wesley soldiers, written by retired school teacher Mike Taylor, will also on display tomorrow.
Read more: http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/xxxx/story-24449413-detail/story.html#ixzz3O0YOUX3u
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We felt this was an important piece of local history & a suitable reflection on WW1.
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