2021

SZ5577 : Ventnor War Memorial, early May 2021

taken 3 years ago, near to Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England

Ventnor War Memorial, early May 2021
Ventnor War Memorial, early May 2021
Many war memorials appeared in British towns and cities after the South African War of 1899-1902 (known popularly as the Boer War), but most were constructed after the First World War, known to contemporaries as the Great War (1914-19). These were updated after the Second World War (1939-45), usually by adding a plaque with the names of those killed in that conflict. Almost every town and village in Britain has a memorial erected after the Great War, the commonest types taking the form of a cross, an obelisk or a statue of a soldier. Some occupy a prominent public space; others stand in the local cemetery or can be found inside the local church. Memorials usually commemorate the inhabitants of a particular locality, the former pupils of a school, or the members of a military unit or branch of the armed forces. Other memorials, often bronze plaques placed indoors, commemorate the employees of a private company or public institution.


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SZ5577, 164 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Basher Eyre   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 2 May, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 3 May, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 5557 7728 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:35.5567N 1:12.9777W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 5557 7727
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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