Book of the Poppy by Chris McNab
Author:Chris McNab [McNab, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: history, Military, General
ISBN: 9780750961264
Google: oKGYDgAAQBAJ
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014-07-07T00:14:48.762550+00:00
3. NOT FORGOTTEN
WALK AROUND THE centre of any village or town in Britain and you are almost guaranteed to come across a war memorial. They range from the humble â small, now-faded metal plaques bolted to the walls of civic buildings â to majestic cenotaphs and statues, towering memorials to the war dead of generations past. We have become familiar with such features, hastening past them while our daily lives consume our attention. Yet should we stop, just for a moment, and reflect upon what they represent both historically and personally, then it becomes clear that they are extraordinary cultural landmarks.
Take, for example, the war memorial that adorns just one, very particular, location â Woking Post Office. A simple marble plaque on a wall explains that it is âErected to the Memory of Officers of Woking Post Office who gave their lives in the Great Warâ. It then goes on to list the names and formations of the dead:
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