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An 8-inch howitzer is fired by members of Battery A, 17th FA Bn., 45th U.S. Inf. Div., north of Yonchon, Korea.
27 May 1952. Korea.
Signal Corps Photo #10-340-2/FEC-52-14563 (Kassal)
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The war memorial in Magor commemorating the fallen of Magor and the outlying parishes of Llandaven, Undy, Bishton, Redwick, Llandevaud and St Brides. Of interest is the fact that one panel is dedicated to David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda, who was Food Controller during WW1, included because "he too died serving the nation as Food Controller". Whilst not questioning his contribution to the war effort, I am not sure this is the right place to commemorate him.
Title: War Memorial dedication
Creator: Adolph B. Rice Studio
Date: February 29, 1956
Identifier: Rice Collection 942G
Format: 1 negative, safety film, 4 x 5 in.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Virginia, Visual Studies, 800 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA, 23219, USA, digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R
Rowberrow War Memorial
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1443671
Date first listed: 27-Feb-2017
County: Somerset
District: Sedgemoor (District Authority)
Parish: Shipham
Diocese of Bath and Wells
National Grid Reference: ST4494458612
Summary
War memorial, erected in circa 1920.
Reasons for Designation
Rowberrow War Memorial, in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, is listed at Grade II for the following reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: an accomplished and well-executed war memorial which takes the form of a Latin cross; * Group value: with the Grade II* Church of St Michael and All Angels.
History
The great age of memorial building was in the aftermath of the First World War with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. Rowberrow War Memorial, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels (Grade II*), commemorates the men of the Somerset Light Infantry who were killed during the First World War, and in particular Captain R J R Leacroft, of Rowberrow Manor, who died in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme. There are two further memorials to Leacroft in the church. The memorial also commemorates Lieut-Commander Anthony Holland Brown who died on the 10 September 1943 and is remembered with honour on Plymouth Naval War Memorial (Grade I).
Details
War memorial, erected in circa 1920.
MATERIALS: constructed of Draycott stone.
DESCRIPTION: located to the south of the Church of St Michael and All Angels (Grade II*), the war memorial comprises a Latin cross with a bronze long sword attached to its west face. The base of the shaft is spayed and is mounted on a two-stepped base, with a two-stepped plinth beneath. To the west face of the upper step of the plinth, which is of two courses, is a stone plaque with the inscription:TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPT R J R LEACROFT M C, THE OFFICERS AND MEN / OF PRINCE ALBERT’S SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY 1914 – 1918 / ALSO IN 1939 – 1945 LIEUT COMDR A H BROWN / LET THOSE THAT COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT / THE NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN
The whole sits on a square platform.
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Member of the calvary stops to let his horse get a drink from a stream before meeting up at the battle field.
They were reenacting a Civil War battle that took place in New Mexico in 1862.
Place: Golondrinas Living History Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Israeli jets, maybe on their way to bomb Gaza, making a question mark in the sky between Beersheba and Gaza
Hand embroidery on a vintage handkerchief.
For Hanne Bang's collaborative piece: www.mrxstitch.com/2012/01/30/newsflash-in-a-war-someone-h...
I just watched War of the Worlds so I was inspired to make a dio. I finished this like a week ago but I didn't have time to post it because I just started high school and I had a lot of homework.
This small war memorial is set into the gable end (which is all that remains) of St Moluag's Church at Kilmaluag in the north of the Trotternish Peninsula, Skye.. It's an isolated area even now and in 1914-18 even more so, yet all these men from a tiny community lost their lives either at sea or in a foreign land. It's all so poignant when you consider that most of them would never have been off Skye in their lives, far less have visited a foreign country. The effect on a small community of losing so many men can only be imagined.
Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam.
The War Remnants Museum (Vietnamese: Bảo tàng chứng tích chiến tranh) is a war museum at 28 Vo Van Tan, in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. It primarily contains exhibits relating to the American phase of the Vietnam War.
Kranji War Memorial - Singapore
The design of the memorial represents the three forces. The Navy is represented by the sail - in the form of a submarine conning tower. The Air Force is represented by the roof - in the form of an aircraft's wings, and the Army is represented by the vertical walls - invoking the image of infantry marching into battle.
The walls actually contain over 30,000 names of people who have died in action, but who's bodies were never recovered. The Kranji War Memorial commemorates the lives of people from many nations; Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Malaysia, India, Singapore as well as many other places.
The 25th of April is known as Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand, and every year on this date a ceremony is held at this site (and others around the world) starting just before dawn to remember all of the Anzac's who have lost their lives in battle since the First World War.
During the Second World War, all three services were open for women to join - the army, air force and navy. Women were also appointed as air raid wardens.
In the army, women joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). Like soldiers, they wore a khaki uniform. The recruiting posters were glamorous - some were considered too glamorous by Winston Churchill - and many young ladies joined the ATS because they believed they would lead a life of glamour. They were to be disappointed. Members of the ATS did not get the glamour jobs - they acted as drivers, worked in mess halls where many had to peel potatoes, acted a cleaners and they worked on anti-aircraft guns. But an order by Winston Churchill forbade ATS ladies from actually firing an AA gun as he felt that they would not be able to cope with the knowledge that they might have shot down and killed young German men. His attitude was odd as ATS ladies were allowed to track a plane, fuse the shells and be there when the firing cord was pulled……By July 1942, the ATS had 217,000 women in it. As the war dragged on, women in the ATS were allowed to do more exciting jobs such as become welders (unheard of in ‘civvie’ street), carpenters, electricians etc.
A quick post-apoc armored vehicle based on my five-wide jeep. Armed with a BrickArms Lewis Gun and Combat LMG.
Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum
Canada participated in the Korean War of 1950-53 as part of the United Nations.
As a former Japanese possession, Korea had been divided between the USSR, occupying the North, and the US, occupying the South, following the Second World War. The country remained divided and a Communist government was installed in the North. The Korean War began on 25 June 1950 when forces from Communist North Korea invaded South Korea. The United States led a United Nations coalition to repel the invaders. Canada joined the UN coalition and sent its armed forces to fight on the Korean peninsula to help stop Communist expansion.
The first Canadian contribution to the conflict came with the dispatch to Korean waters of the destroyers HMCS Cayuga, Athabaskan and Sioux on 12 July 1950. The RCAF also began regular trans-Pacific flights to Japan to support UN operations in Korea.
Canada's peacetime army in 1950 was tiny, consisting of some 20,000 all ranks. The government therefore decided to raise a volunteer force, the Canadian Army Special Force (CASF) for service in Korea. The majority of CASF volunteers were veterans of the Second World War. Later, regular Canadian army units were rotated to the front in Korea.
Canada participated in Korea for three years, on land, sea and in the air. Much of the land combat took place in very harsh conditions. Canadian units distinguished themselves during these actions, including the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, which received a US Presidential Unit Citation.
In all, 26,791 Canadians served in the Korean War. Of these, 516 lost their lives. Canada had shown it was willing to stand by the United Nations and its allies to stop aggression.
Sherman tank of the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), 1952.
Photo credit Department of National Defence
The fireman of no.3 Holy War switches the points at Bala, while the loco runs round the train, ready to return to Llanuwchllyn on the Bala Lake Railway. This driver, aged 21 was working only his second weekend of full-time driving.
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Newport, R.I.
(June 11, 2021)
U.S. Naval War College President Rear Adm. Shoshana S. Chatfield and interim Provost James E. Hickey take the opportunity to pose with graduating students in lieu of an in-person graduation ceremony. The graduating class of 2021 included 403 resident students of the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, federal civilian employees and international students. (U.S. Navy photo by Jaima Fogg/released)
Mary Lou Miner, in summer sportswear, poses on top of a concrete-block bomb shelter. The owner has hopefully attached a mailbox to the wall by the entrance and put a water filter inside. A sign, "Normal Ground Level" is staked in the ground. Photo caption reads: "Beautiful Mary Lou Miner suns herself atop a new West Los Angeles bomb shelter at 10333 Santa Monica Boulevard, dreamed up by John Vale and executed by Arthur Lowe. If we're not bombed, it'll make a good den, play room, or dog house". Photo dated: Apr. 7, 1951
Nashville, Tennessee
I do not know what my deal was but I kept drawing buildings with greek columns.
On Sept 2, 1945, after the Japanese surrendered to the US, Navy ships set off artillery shells as fireworks. Many thanks to flizzix for her photo, with it I was able to identify what theses photos actually were of.
A warning sign that was in the queue of the Body Wars attraction inside the Wonders of Live Pavilion. This photo was taken in December, 2007.