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The Elliot Brothers
By office volunteer, Annette Gaykema. Another remote memorial is that of the Elliot brothers, William and Alistair, which is located by the shores of Loch Glencoul in Sutherland, Northern Scotland. Si… more →
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The Elliot Brothers
ukniwm3 wrote 1 month ago: By office volunteer, Annette Gaykema. Another remote memorial is that of the Elliot brothers, Willia … more →
Update: Memorials to the Missing of Fromelles
ukniwm3 wrote 2 months ago: By office volunteer, Annette Gaykema. Further to Frances Casey’s blog post of July 2009, recor … more →
Memorials to the Missing of Fromelles
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ukniwm2 wrote 5 months ago: article by UKNIWM Project Officer, Frances Casey The anniversary of the Battle of the Somme on 1st J … more →
Captain Jonas and the Menin Gate
ukniwm2 wrote 10 months ago: article by UKNIWM office volunteer Gabrielle Orton Last weekend, I visited Ypres in Flanders, to see … more →
Olympians at war
ukniwm wrote 1 year ago: In this Olympic year I have been asked if there are war memorials to Olympic performers. This is rat … more →
The sinking of the Lusitania
ukniwm wrote 1 year ago: Barbara McDermott, one of the two remaining survivors of the RMS Lusitania, died on 12 April. The Br … more →
War in Waziristan
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ukniwm wrote 1 year ago: There’s an interesting article on the BBC News website today about a mountainous region of Nor … more →
90th anniversary of the Royal Air Force
ukniwm wrote 1 year ago: It’s 90 years to the day that the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service were merg … more →
Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers archive now online
ukniwm wrote 1 year ago: The Castle and Regimental Museum, Monmouth, is a small volunteer-run museum which tells the story of … more →
Last French WW1 veteran dies
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ukniwm wrote 1 year ago: Lazare Ponticelli, the last surviving French veteran from the First World War, has died at the age o … more →
Pilgrimages to battlefields and cemeteries in the 1920s
ukniwm wrote 1 year ago: The interesting blog, ‘After the Conflict – War Memorials in Cumbria’ has featured … more →
'I am the enemy you killed, my friend...'
ukniwm wrote 1 year ago: Today’s blog post was written by one of our volunteers, Richard. ‘I am the enemy you kil … more →
How we remember
ukniwm wrote 1 year ago: Following up on the story we covered yesterday (the new award issued to members of the Air Transport … more →
WW2 Air Transport Auxiliary recognised
ukniwm wrote 1 year ago: Members of the Air Transport Auxiliary – pilots who ferried planes in the Second World War … more →
The Channel Dash
ukniwm wrote 1 year ago: A memorial service has been held in the English Channel to mark the anniversary of the ‘Channe … more →
'If I should die...'
ukniwm wrote 1 year ago: Richard, one of our volunteers, writes the following… The American Major Olmsted’s conte … more →
A different kind of memorial
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ukniwm wrote 1 year ago: Today’s post is really outside of the remit of the UKNIWM. It’s about an American servi … more →
How to trace the people behind the names
ukniwm wrote 1 year ago: We recently answered an enquiry from a member of the public who wrote to tell us that she had starte … more →
2007 round ups - remembering individuals
ukniwm wrote 1 year ago: War memorials are first and foremost a way to remember individuals who have given their lives during … more →
