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The Chapter House at Lichfield Cathedral:
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The stunning altarpiece in Lichfield Cathedral’s Lady Chapel comes from Oberammergau in Germany and dates to 1895:
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Below is the effigy of George Augustus Selwyn who was the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand from 1841 to 1868 and then Bishop of Lichfield from 1868 to his death in 1878:
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Francis Chantrey’s early 19th century sculpture of two girls called “The Sleeping Children” sits at the end of the south aisle in Lichfield Cathedral:
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A shot showing the magnificent detail of Lichfield Cathedral’s front facade:
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A little milky sunshine illuminating Lichfield Cathedral:
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The magnificent Lichfield Cathedral with it’s famous three spires and ornate front facade:
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National Memorial Arboretum 3
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:
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National Memorial Arboretum 2
This second post from the National Memorial Arboretum shows more images of the central Armed Forces Monument.
None of the water in these images should be there – it’s the result of recent and persistent heavy rain that caused severe local flooding. This did give me some interesting photographic opportunities though.
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National Memorial Arboretum 1
We visited the National Memorial Arboretum the week after Remembrance Sunday. This first post concentrates on the main Armed Forces Memorial which commemorates the men and women of the British Armed Forces who have been killed whilst on duty, died in operational theatre or been targeted by terrorists since the end of the Second World War.
Britain has been involved in over 50 military operations and conflicts since 1948 and there are over 16,000 names on this memorial, with space for another 16,000.
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