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Commando Memorial
Near Gairlochy
Scotland
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Remembering the soldiers of elite commando units who trained in the area during World War II.
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Curtis C-46F Commando- "China Doll" of the CAF- Southern California Wing- Camarillo Airport. N53594 44-78663
Just north of Spean bridge,the Commando Memorial is a monument , dedicated to the men of the original British Commando Forces raised during World War II.
From my recent trip to the RetroArcade Museum in Beacon, NY. I wrote up a bunch of what I learned about how these amazing electromechanical games work here: Retro Arcade Museum: An Electromechanical Wonderland.
An unedited shot of early evening over World War 2 memorial statue. (To achieve this affect I dabbed some water across the lens and did not give it time to adjust to the bright light)
Was going through some old stuff in search of one silly thing and found plenty of old memories.
All of a sudden, the thing I was searching for was forgotten.
Darn.
The Commando Memorial in Lochaber is a monument in Scotland, dedicated to the men of the original British Commando Forces raised during World War II. Situated around a mile from Spean Bridge village, it overlooks the training areas of the Commando Training Depot established in 1942 at Achnacarry Castle. Unveiled in 1952 by the Queen Mother, it has become one of Scotland's best-known monuments, both as a war memorial and as a tourist attraction offering views of Ben Nevis and Aonach Mòr.The monument consists of a cast bronze sculpture of three Commandos in characteristic dress complete with cap comforter, webbing and rifle, standing atop a stone plinthThe three Commandos are depicted looking south towards Ben Nevis."United we conquer" is inscribed around the top of the stone plinth, while the original plaque on the stone plinth reads: "In memory of the officers and men of the commandos who died in the Second World War 1939–1945. This country was their training ground."
A Garden of Remembrance, which was subsequently added to the site, is used by many surviving World War II Commandos as the designated final resting place for their ashes.It has also been used as a place where many families have scattered ashes and erected tributes to loved ones who belonged to contemporary Commando units and who have died in more recent conflicts such as the Falklands War or in Afghanistan and Iraq.