National Memorial Arboretum 3

By Mark Simms on 07/12/2019

The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire first opened in 2001 and it contains more than 370 memorials. Below are images of some of those that caught my eye.

The 49th West Riding Infantry Division saw active service in Norway and Iceland during WW2, where they earned the nickname of the “Polar Bears”, hence the memorial below:

The Royal Leicestershire Regiment earned their nickname of “The Tigers” in recognition of their active service in India in the early 19th century:

The Lion memorial below (rising out of the flood water) is that of The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment known as the “Lions of England”: 

Below are a group of memorials dedicated to the Cavalry Regiments of the British Army:

Below is the striking Naval Service Memorial:

Below is the Royal Auxiliary Air Force Memorial:

The Royal Air Forces Association memorial below is dedicated not only to the RAF, but to all Commonwealth air forces:

Below is a slow vertical panning shot depicting The Merchant Navy Convoy Wood, dedicated to the 46,000 British merchant seafarers and fishermen lost in conflict during the 20th Century:

© Mark Simms Photography (2019)