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The Cenotaph: A Symbol of Remembrance in Britain

On this Remembrance Sunday it feels most appropriate to focus on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, a monument which has served as Britain's main war memorial for over a century. Read more below:

The Cenotaph in Whitehall has been ‘the’ focal point of Britain’s remembrance services for more than a century. Designed by Lutyens, it was initially a temporary monument of plaster and wood, hastily erected for the Peace Day events of July 1919 to celebrate the formal signing of the Treaty of Versailles. In response to huge public demand the temporary monument was later replaced with a…

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Walter Gay, Novembre, Etaples, 1885

Walter Gay (January 22, 1856 – July 13, 1937)

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Convalescent soldiers sea-bathing, Etaples.

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Etaples Military Cemetery

In my latest blog I reflect on a visit to one of the largest & finest war cemeteries in France designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens

In my introductory post I referred to a visit I made to Etaples military cemetery in 2022, which is located 27 km south of Boulogne. It’s the largest of the CWGC cemeteries in France with more than 11,000 graves, mostly from the First World War and was designed by Lutyens. During the First World War there was a large concentration of British camps and hospitals in the area around Etaples, its…