Australian War Memorial
SW1, Grosvenor Place, Hyde Park Corner
Green Western Australian granite, with polished slabs forming a curved wall carved all over with the 24,000 names of the hometowns of the...
Green Western Australian granite, with polished slabs forming a curved wall carved all over with the 24,000 names of the hometowns of the...
The names are grouped by department:Â General Office, Coaching Department, Good Department, Engineers Department, Outdoor Locomotive Depar...
"... and of whom those whose names ..." - we just don't write English like that any more, thank heavens.
The Friends say "The air raid shelters were actually on the south field of the park, not under the sunken garden" and some say that in Go...
Designed by Liam O'Connor as a reduced-scale version of Lutyens' monument at India Gate in New Delhi. Regarding the list of names - we t...
A time capsule is buried beneath this monument. Â From Londonist: "The box, filled with first world war memorabilia, is fashioned from the...
This bronze figure represents Daedalus, the Greek guy who crafted wings for himself and his son Icarus to escape Crete. But he used wax ...
Unless we missed it, Cairns' name is not included in the Green Park Memorial Gate's list of VCs, while the other 3 Chindit VC names are.
The statue represents a soldier. To the left, in the cream marble, is a carved relief of an anchor with ropes, representing the navy and ...
The monument is very weather-worn but the two panels containing the names are crisp so we think they have been recently re-carved. WW2 su...
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