War Memorials

[+bwmick]

When I travel I look for war memorials (or cenotaphs). I know of several that small communities have placed after people from their area lost their lives in wars around the world. Often they list the names of those who died in service to their country. It seems like no matter how small the village I travel through (here in Ontario Canada) I see a cenotaph. I figured it might be nice to have a list of them.

 

bwmick

[Jeremy]

A cenotaph is a nicer term since it is more specific.

 

From wikipedia:

 

A cenotaph is a tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person or group of persons whose remains are elsewhere. The word derives from the Greek words kenos, "empty" and taphos, "tomb".

[Aushiker]

Hi

 

I think this is a good category particulary given the honour it bespokes and also because of its history element.

 

Regards

Andrew

[+ChapterhouseInc]

yes, the POW/MIA category is too strict. i have found several war memorials, but the do NOT say POW/MIA on then so i have not attempted to post them there. it would be nice to have another war memorial category for those that are not POW/MIA. and the ones i have found are not 'cenotaphs' either--for example: the VFW post has a flagpole surrounded by bricks with service persons names and the war they participated in.

 

these armes forces veterans should get some respect, if not the same level as POW/MIAs.

Edited November 18, 2005 by ChapterhouseInc

[+ncl]

War memorials are very important to us in the UK as almost every community has a memorial to its war dead - usually erected after the First World War. The sheer number of these monuments is testament to the impact that the Great War had on the British psyche. Many have been adapted to accomodate the names of those who fell in the Second World War. There are thousands of war memorials in the UK.

I would suggest that "War Memorials" is a better title than "Cenotaphs" as it suggests grander more imposing structure which is usually only found in large cities in the UK.

A searchable database of the names listed on the UK's war memorials can be found at:

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites...arch/index.html

[+ncl]

Just a note to add that patience is required in accessing the database mentioned in my previous post. It has, apparently, proved so popular that it is struggling to meet demand!

[Aushiker]

yes, the POW/MIA category is too strict. i have found several war memorials, but the do NOT say POW/MIA on then so i have not attempted to post them there.

Hi

 

I like the POW/MIA category as it stands because it pulls out these rarer (at least at my end) memorials and recongises them.

 

That said, I also like the idea of the broader memorial category.

 

Regards

Andrew

[+ncl]

What appeals to me about a "war memorials" category is that there will be the opportunity for people to add comments about family members/friends who are commemorated on the memorials.

The narrower the category, the less likely that this will happen.

Having said that, subcategories could include POW/MIA memorials.

[+bwmick]

It's nice to know that my suggestion has international appeal, I like all the fine tuning and tweaking that each new suggestion brings. The comment about the waypoints potentially commemorating friends and family truly is appealing.

 

Bwmick

Edited November 23, 2005 by bwmick

[+Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking]

I have a great memorial I cant wait to add. It is a memorial to those RAF pilots who died in Arizona while training for flying in WW II. This memorial, located near their gravesite in Arizona, has a ceremony for remembrance each year. Locals and Brits come out to honor them even 60 plus years later.

 

If you have too rigid well defined categories, little memorials with some history to them like this one might end up not getting listed. Things like this I would want to know about.

 

I would like to see it include memorials to specific people, specific wars, as well as to general war memorials. Local, national, large, small, to the living or to the dead.

[+ncl]

My father-in-law trained as a pilot in the RAF in the States. I would love to know more about such a memorial.

[Team Grohn]

I also agree that War Memorials should be included in their own cat... There are many walls and such located around the country and some of them are quite pretty... it also helps those Vets that drive by and see no one at them... and they have given so much...