2009

TQ1279 : Southall's war memorial in The Green

taken 14 years ago, near to Southall, Ealing, England

Southall's war memorial in The Green
Southall's war memorial in The Green
Many war memorials appeared in British towns and cities after the South African War of 1899-1902 (known popularly as the Boer War), but most were constructed after the First World War, known to contemporaries as the Great War (1914-19). These were updated after the Second World War (1939-45), usually by adding a plaque with the names of those killed in that conflict. Almost every town and village in Britain has a memorial erected after the Great War, the commonest types taking the form of a cross, an obelisk or a statue of a soldier. Some occupy a prominent public space; others stand in the local cemetery or can be found inside the local church. Memorials usually commemorate the inhabitants of a particular locality, the former pupils of a school, or the members of a military unit or branch of the armed forces. Other memorials, often bronze plaques placed indoors, commemorate the employees of a private company or public institution.


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TQ1279, 350 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Basher Eyre   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 3 October, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 5 October, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 124 794 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.1468N 0:22.8685W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 124 794
View Direction
South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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