Under my nose.... by neiwil
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Don't know how many hundreds of times I must have walked passed this with little more than a glance.....though I've always known 'sort of ' what it is. We have a WWI memorial outside the chapel in Earlston Road Cemetery, and the main cenotaph for WWII on the prom by Vale Park....there is also a memorial for all the Wirral residents killed in our 3 night 'mini' Blitz in October 1940. It's been cold and wet today so I walked around Central Park , I live in Parkside, so you'll see I didn't stray far...just across the road actually :-) Having skirted the very muddy football pitches, I strolled around the lake ( some may remember my 'Foggy Sunday' image a while ago.) Then up passed the deserted children's playground until I arrived here and stopped for a proper look. The list of names at the bottom gives an idea of the variety of Regiments that served in the South African Campaign. I was interested to note Pte James Priestley of the Natal Mounted Police, I looked into this when I got home. The South African Police Memorial in Pretoria lists all 5689 officers killed since 1800. It lists only one with the surname Priestley.......first name...James, serial number 2472, killed March 28th 1900, so far from home......I'll certainly pay more attention to things like this in the future......
Comments (9)
giulband
Often happen specially when one pass many times in front at a monument !!
GrandmaT
Beautiful memorial and a wonderful photo. A sobering reminder of what some people sacrifice to keep others safe.
Greywolf44
So many things in life pass right under our noses and we don't even realize what we have missed. Taking time to smell the roses takes on a whole new meaning as we get older.
android65mar
Excellent photograph,a dark chapter in our colonial history.
T.Rex
Thanks, Neil. I'm glad to see it wasn't dedicated to you! A sombre reminder that human beings never learn from their mistakes/idiocy. We've got that problem at work - former principal who stubbornly behaves worse and worse. Monday evening she nearly ran over a colleague with her car as she was trying to maneuver to run over her son! And she stubbornly refuses to learn from her mistakes. Nice photo - much of the text is legible despite the wears and tare of time. Keep up the good work! :-)
Faemike55
Sad but beautiful memorial; though it seems that they could do more to keep up the surrounds
flavia49
great capture
kjer_99
Yeah. As we get older, we start paying more attention to things like this.
debbielove
So many memorials are under our noses that we miss (except oddly Stamford, which seems to hold none! - None I've found yet anyway..). There is THE War Memorial that covers all it seems but no graves I've found, no things like this from other eras.. Odd? I think so.. Considering the number of RAF bases near me.. Well spotted mate, good post.. Rob