Memorials and bikes

[keabo]

The Whittle Pike memorial cross marks the spot where a plane crashed during an RAF exercise in 1955.

Link to more info

 

[Oldhippy]

Dunkirk memorial with a family name on.

 

[Oldhippy]

Very sobering.

 

[DRM]

Local Memorial for a long gone colliery, my Grandad worked there, one day fire damp was detected, and him and his pal went to get out, his mate decided to hide in a supposedly safe area, my Grandad decided that it's better to get back up in fresh air, he got out & his mate died in the resulting explosion, very quickly he put a job application to the nearby railway maintenance sheds .

 

[DRM]

Winding wheel from Lofthouse Colliery, and memorial to the men who were killed in the 1974 disaster when they broke through into a flooded lost Victorian mineshaft causing a huge inrush of water.

 

[DRM]

Halifax R.A.F. bomber LK844 – Tingely England | LandmarkScout
The last one, this aircraft crashed in a training accident, taking the roofs off a couple of houses on the other side of the road before crashing into a field near to what used to be a crossroad, but is now Tingley roundabout, in the link it mentions that local kids were nicking bits off the aircraft, this is true, as my uncle remembered not going to school, but went to the crash site to look for war souvenirs.
There seems to be some confusion as to whether they were still based in Snaith, or were at RAF Leconfield

 

[biggs682]

Wollaston and Strixton war memorial

 

[Willd]

War Memorial at Lower Shuckburgh

 

[biggs682]

A re roofed bus shelter in memory of the Queen's golden jubilee in Lamport

 

[figbat]

War memorial, Sutton Courtenay

 

[Andy in Germany]

Development of German war memorials:

Königschaffhausen, Rhine valley, from the end of the First World War. The inscription in the Plinth reads "Undefeated, not forgotten."

Jechtingen, Also in the Rhine valley. The small stones to the left appear to be war graves.

Finally, Breisach am Rhein. The memorial dates from the 1950's, the artist had served in the war, and according to the plaque the wooden crosses in the relief are based on graves of his colleagues.

Inscription reads "[For the] victims, freedom, peace".

There's a memorial to the Jewish community as well but it was hard to photograph because of the shadows. Will try again sometime.

 

[stoatsngroats]

In the Garden of Reflection and Rememberance, Litten Gardens, Chichester.
A Sussex oak carving of a man, as a soldier, then (the other side) as a nurseryman.
With a Genesis CDA30 (mine 🤣) in front.

 

[biggs682]

Pitsford war memorial in the church grounds

 

[Oldhippy]

Reculver today.

 

[TheDoctor]

An RFC memorial near Willian, Herts.

Their engine failed while descending to land, and part of the engine destroyed the bracing wires on one wing. They died on impact.
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1453935