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Taken 05/10/14; Bath Abbey, seen from the far side of the Avon, is now an Anglican parish church and was a former Benedictine monastery. Founded in the 7th century, Bath Abbey was rebuilt in the 12th Century. Following the Reformation the Abbey fell into disrepair but was rebuilt in the late 16th century at the instigation of Queen Elizabeth I. Further major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s.
Sergeant Emil Šeliga
Service Number: 787371
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: 311 (Czech) Sqdn.
Died 30 August 1943
Aged 24
LANSDOWN BURIAL GROUND (Sec. 4. Row T. Grave 16.A.)
The rose left by the grave maker may have been the one left
by the Embassy of the Czech Republic during a group visit in mid-October 2020. In a web post, the Ambassador, Libor Sečka, described it as "probably the most neglected Czechoslovak war grave in Britain." There were times earlier this year when the front of the grave marker (like many others in the cemetery) was obscured by long grass, but the cemetery's annual maintenance regime usually takes care of this during the autumn (The local authority webpage on the cemetery notes that the "whole cemetery is cut annually during the winter months and the arisings removed to reduce enrichment of the ground thus encouraging natural vegetation"). As a closed cemetery being managed as an ecological asset, Lansdown Burial Ground will never be like the immaculate, CWGC-maintained cemeteries like Brookwood (or the CWGC plots in Haycombe Cemetery, elsewhere in Bath), but I personally think that it's a bit unfair to describe it as "an abandoned, forgotten place, reminiscent of a horror scene." All cemeteries have their seasons, and having visited Lansdown Burial Ground many, many times during this strange year, I can assure Ambassador Sečka and his host in Bath that the cemetery (and Sgt Šeliga's grave marker) is far from abandoned or forgotten: www.mzv.cz/london/en/culture_and_education/project_never_...
No 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, RAF was formed as a bomber squadron in 1940, being equipped with the Wellington medium bomber. In April 1942, the squadron was transferred to Coastal Command to conduct maritime patrols. It moved to RAF Beaulieu (Hampshire) in May 1943, when the squadron re-equipped with the Liberator GR Mk V for anti-submarine work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._311_Squadron_RAF
Sgt Šeliga was part of the crew of RAF Liberator GR.V BZ 785, which crashed on the 30 August 1943; according to the New Forest Knowledge blog, the aircraft stalled whilst in a steep turn during a training flight and crash landed: nfknowledge.org/contributions/no-311-czechoslovakian-squa...
RAF Commands identifies the rest of the crew as:
Flight Sergeant Josef BITTNER (787427) – pilot; Brookwood Military Cemetery (28. A. 4.)
Sergeant Josef FISERA (787361); Brookwood Military Cemetery (28. C. 2.)
Flight Lieutenant Emil PALICHLEB (82625); Brookwood Military Cemetery (28. C. 1.)
Flight Sergeant Zdenek REZAC (787061); The Maidenhead Register
Sergeant Theodor SCHWARZ (788207); Brookwood Military Cemetery (28. A. 7.)
Source: www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=114617
See also: fcafa.com/2011/05/04/brookwood/
A celebration of student volunteering hosted by the University of Bath Students' Union, Volunteering Team
The Assembly Rooms were at the heart of fashionable Georgian society, the perfect venue for entertainment. When completed in 1771, they were described as 'the most noble and elegant of any in the kingdom'.
Designed by John Wood the Younger, the set of four public rooms was purpose-built for an 18th century form of entertainment known as an 'assembly'.
A large number of guests met together to dance, drink tea, play cards and listen to music - or just walk about, talk and flirt.
There are four rooms: the Ball Room, Tea Room, Octagon Room and a Card Room.
St Michaels Church proudly stands in the foreground of this perhaps alternative perspective on the beautiful City of Bath UK. The chimney stacks along the meandering Georgian buildings are typical of the view when rising above the city on one of it's seven hills
Please take a look and View On Black
Rebecca's Fountain at Bath Abbey, Bath, England. Erected by the Bath Temperance Association in 1861.
Widelux panorama.
Jacob's Ladder (detail).
The first view that most visitors have of Bath Abbey is the West Front, with its unique ladders of angels.
The story behind this is that Bishop Oliver King is believed to have had a dream of angels ascending to and descending from heaven, which inspired the view of the facade that we have today.
Most of the angels can be seen climbing the ladder but one on each side of the entrance can be seen to be descending to earth. Here one can see the third angel from the top is coming down.
Bath Abbey is one of the last great medieval cathedrals to be built in England.
Bath is one of the best towns in the UK to visit and has many attractions and places to stay and eat.
The Roman Baths a main attraction along with the cathedral.
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