Monday, August 27, 2012

"I want to be at peace with God"

Private Robert Boulanger, Mount Royal Fusiliers 
Killed in action at Dieppe (19 August 1942)
["D-Day Words" exhibition, Memorial Museum, Caen]

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Thursday, August 23, 2012

The King’s Chapel memorials, Gibraltar


Photographs (Top to bottom):

1. The Convent, Gibraltar
[Residence of the Governor of Gibraltar]

2. The King’s Chapel, Gibraltar
The Garrison Church (adjacent to The Convent)
[Some of the colours and lanterns]

3. RAF ‘Rolls of Honour’, Gibraltar

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The Armed Forces Memorial Chamber, Gibraltar

Photographs: 
1. Gibraltar Memorial Chamber: 
The Memorial for the Fallen 

2. Gibraltar Memorial Chamber: 
Royal Navy ensign (left) 
Royal Air Force ensign (right)

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Thursday, August 02, 2012

The Cleator & Trumpet Terrace Fire Wardens

 
Photographs
(Top): The Volunteer Fire Wardens, Cleator (1941)
(Trumpet Terrace & Brookside)
[Courtesy of 'The Whitehaven News'] 


(Bottom): Fire bucket filled with sand 
(One means of putting out a fire in WW2)