tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206549322024-03-11T07:40:50.675+00:00WW2 - The Second World WarDiscussions on all aspects of the Second World WarPeter Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898529637426449958noreply@blogger.comBlogger883125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654932.post-65071891160417395312020-05-08T18:15:00.000+01:002020-05-08T18:15:11.589+01:00VE Day 1945 The Gibraltar Way <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;">1. Gibraltar Chronicle, Tuesday May 8 1945</span><br />The front cover on VE Day 1945</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;">2. Gibraltar Chronicle, Wednesday May 9 1945</span><br />The front cover on VE Day +1</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;">3. Gibraltar Main Street, Monday evening May 7 1945</span><br /><i>(Published in Gibraltar Chronicle, May 8 1945)</i></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;">4. Gibraltar's Alameda parade ground, VE Day 1945</span><br />The crowds gather to celebrate 'Victory in Europe' </b><b style="font-size: 12.8px;"><i>(Published in Gibraltar Chronicle, May 9 1945)</i></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;">5. All set fair with the Royal Navy at the Gibraltar fair</span><br />Two Naval Ratings help four young lads to enjoy the fair</b><b style="font-size: 12.8px;"><i>(Published in Gibraltar Chronicle, May 9 1945)</i></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;">6. Alameda Parade Ground, Gibraltar (May 2019)</span><br />Now a municipal car park next to the cable car</b></td></tr>
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<b>[Thanks to Gibraltar Garrison Library for access to the 'Chronicle' archive]</b></div>
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<b>For additional information see 'Comments' below.</b></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654932.post-17341577897810613112018-12-23T09:08:00.000+00:002018-12-23T09:08:05.654+00:00Home-made decorations for a wartime Christmas<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1. Pine trees in the countryside<br />Greenery could be gathered to make decorations<br />Adding some colour to the drab of wartime </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">2. Seasonal wreaths were fashioned from twigs and plants<br />They could be placed on doorways or graves of relatives</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">3. Wartime decorations could be cheaply made at home<br />Silver stars could be made from cardboard and tinfoil</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">3. Home-made wartime decorations could be edible.<br />Fresh eggs were rationed but could be specially decorated<br />They could be hung on the tree before Christmas<br />A special holiday treat was to unwrap and eat the eggs</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">4. Rationed foodstuffs could be made into decorations<br />Gingerbread could be shaped into hearts and decorated<br />Leave a hole for a ribbon to hang on the Christmas tree</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>5. Decorative paper chains were easily made<br />Cut old newspapers into shapes using a cardboard template<br />Then tie them together with string and ribbon<br />_______________________________</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2. A snow-clad Skiddaw<br />Keswick, Cumbria</span></b><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654932.post-9247625132630228662018-10-15T21:41:00.002+01:002018-10-15T21:41:38.858+01:00The Whitehaven Aircrash of 14 October 1943<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red;">1. Avro Anson Mk I Aircrash (14 October 1943)</span><br /><span style="color: red;">Rededicated memorial bench at the crash site</span><br /><span style="color: red;">Arrowthwaite Woods, Kells, Whitehaven</span><br />[75 years after five airmen died here]</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>2. Dedication inscription to the 5 airmen who died<br />"Always in our hearts and minds" </b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>3. Personal tributes to the five airmen who died<br />Thursday 14 October 1943 (c. 4.30 pm)</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">5. View to the south from the aircrash site</span><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(October 2018 - 75 years after the crash)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">===================================</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">75 Years of Remembrance (14 October 1943 - 14 October 2018)</span></u></b></td></tr>
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Sergeant (Pilot) Vincent James DUNNIGAN, RCAF, aged 26</div>
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Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Thomas INMAN, RAFVR, aged 20</div>
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Sergeant (Navigator) Cyril JOHNSON, RAFVR, aged 33</div>
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Sergeant (Navigator) Rene Harold MURPHY, RCAF, aged 20</div>
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Flying Officer (Pilot) Henry Joseph O'GARA, RAFVR, aged 29</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Records the names of 10 staff killed</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">On 18 July 1944 in the middle of London's 'Second Blitz' a V1 flying bomb ("doodlebug") landed on Elmers End bus station, south London. At least 17 civilians lost their lives because of the explosion, including 10 members of London Transport staff. Despite the loss of 39 vehicles in the explosion normal bus services were resumed the following day. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ten years later, in 1954, a memorial tablet was dedicated at Elmers End bus station commemorating the 10 staff members who died. A second tablet was unveiled at the main entrance gate to the station which was named after one of the engineering staff, John Cunningham, who had sounded the alarm bell warning of the approaching V1 before he was killed. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">When Elmers End bus station was closed in 1986 the memorials were moved. The 'Cunningham Gate' memorial was moved to the another London Transport garage at Norwood, also south London. Initially the main bus station war memorial was taken to the London Transport Museum at Acton. It has subsequently been cleaned up and incorporated into a section of the museum's 'London Transport at War' section at Covent Garden, London, as can be seen in the above photographs. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: purple;">1. Marine Robert Casson from Whitehaven <br />Born 1 March 1919, Died 6 June 1944 </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: purple;">46 Royal Marine Commando/4th Special Service Brigade</span><br /><span style="color: purple;">Killed at sea, landing on Juno Beach, Normandy</span><br />(Robert's brother Joseph also died in Normandy)<span style="color: purple;"> </span></b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: purple;">2. Robert Casson's niece Mary Holland </span><br /><span style="color: purple;">A pilgrimage to Normandy and the beaches</span><br />April 2018</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: purple;">3. Robert's niece Mary Holland and her husband John</span><br /><span style="color: purple;">Remembering two of Mary's uncles:</span><br /><span style="color: purple;">Robert Casson, died 6 June 1944</span><br /><span style="color: purple;"> Joseph Casson, died 27 June 1944 </span><br />Normandy Veterans Memorial, Whitehaven (June 2018)</b></span></td></tr>
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Royal Marine Robert Casson, EX/3236, originally from Whitehaven was killed at sea while landing on Juno Beach on the first day of the Normandy Landings, D-Day 6 June 1944. He is buried at Ryes (Bazenville) War Cemetery, Calvados, Normandy next to his younger brother Joseph who also died in the Normandy campaign. </div>
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In 2018 Robert's family obtained his wartime service records and his medal entitlement. For the first time Robert's relatives were able to learn the truth of what happened on D-Day. It also turned out that the Commonwealth War Graves Commission had incorrectly recorded Robert as serving with 45 Royal Marine Commando. In reality, his Robert's records show he was serving with 46 Royal Marine Commando (attached 4th Special Service Brigade H.Q.). The Commission has since corrected their information about Robert. </div>
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Most of this new research about Robert Casson was done by his niece, Mary Holland and her husband John. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654932.post-64402948829484946992018-04-18T21:40:00.001+01:002018-04-19T07:37:18.000+01:00Understanding Auschwitz and the Holocaust<div style="text-align: center;">
<b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">"Shoah"</span></b></div>
<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">"The biblical word </span><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.0015px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Shoah</i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> (which has been used to mean 'destruction' since the Middle Ages) became the standard Hebrew term for the murder of European Jewry as early as the early 1940s." </span></b><br />
<i style="color: #444444; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(Yad Vashem - the World Holocaust Resource Centre)</span></i><br />
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<b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: purple;">1. "Auschwitz: Understanding the Past, </span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: purple;">Facing the Future" by Gordon Cockburn (b.1944</span>)</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;">[<i>2018 touring exhibition at The Beacon Museum</i>]</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b style="color: purple;">3. "Shoah - Destruction No 2" . </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b style="color: purple;">Oil on board, b</b></span><b style="color: purple; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">y </b><b style="color: purple; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">Gordon Cockburn</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">[<i>2018 touring exhibition, The Beacon Museum</i>]</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b>[<i>2018 touring exhibition, The Beacon Museum</i>]</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Auschwitz: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This exhibition was a series of paintings, drawings and pastels about the WW2 by the Scottish artist Gordon Cockburn (b. 1944) at The Beacon Museum, Whitehaven, Cumbria in 2018. Some of the artwork by Gordon Cockburn in the exhibition can be seen in the above images. The artist's interpretation of the horrors of those who were incarcerated at Auschwitz during the Second World War help the present day generations to understand the past and face the future. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654932.post-52700820370583267132018-03-08T21:57:00.006+00:002018-04-17T15:51:30.642+01:00"Until the day break ..." <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">1. Staff Sgt. William Fisher Birkett, REME</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Known as 'Billie' to family and friends</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">"Died of injuries in a battle accident" </span><br /><span style="color: #660000;">Western Front, 18 April 1945</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>[Photo courtesy of 'The Whitehaven News']<br />[<i>His father was killed in the 1914 - 1918 war</i>]</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: small;"><b>(Early 20th C postcard)<br />Birthplace and home of Sgt W.F. Birkett, REME</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: small;"><b>3. Cleator Moor Brass at a remembrance service<br />Cleator Moor Wesleyan (Methodist) Church<br />Billie Birkett was married in this church </b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether." </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Song of Solomon 2:17 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">[The first part of this verse is the epitaph on Billie Birkett's CWGC headstone in the war cemetery at Becklingen, Germany]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><br style="background-color: white;" /></b></span><span style="background-color: white;">Staff Serjeant William Fisher Birkett, REME (known as 'Billie') [<i>Photograph No. 1</i>] "... died of injuries sustained in a battle accident in a forward area on the Western Front ..." on 18 April 1945. Sgt. Birkett came from Cleator Moor, Cumberland in the N.W. of England [<i>Photograph No. 2</i>]. In life, Billie was a popular member of the Wesleyan (Methodist) church at Cleator Moor, a church which holds an annual service of Remembrance for all those killed in wars [<i>Photograph No. 3</i>]. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The death of Sgt. Birkett in WW2 was a case of history repeating itself. His father, Pte. Dickinson Fisher Birkett ('Dick'), was killed on the Western Front while serving with the 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion of the Border Regiment in the 1914 - 1918 war. Like father, like son - both made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the Armed Forces. Billie Birkett and his father Dick Birkett are just of the war dead from the Cleator Moor district of Cumbria commemorated by the town's war memorial [seen in <i>Photograph No. 4</i>]. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">=================================</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654932.post-33845857524182909262018-02-21T22:23:00.000+00:002018-08-14T16:11:41.660+01:00Medals for Mary ... after more than 70 years! <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. (Left) W/152141 L/Cpl. Mary Hanson, ATS<br />Wearing the ATS 'duck cap'(altered for style)<br />(Right): Mary wears her WW2 medals <br />Finally received in February 2018 </span></span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-size: small;">2. Mary receives her WW2 medals and thanks<br />The 1939-45 War Medal and Defence Medal<br />[February 2018]</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">3. Mary Hanson (right) celebrates with her family</span><br /><span style="color: #660000;">Afternoon tea at the Midland Hotel, Morecambe</span><br />[<i>Photograph: John Holland</i>] </b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: small;"><b>4. Mary Hanson in the years before enrolment<br />(Left): 'May Queen' at school in Batley (1932/33)<br />(Right): As a fashion model for Novello's (c. 1939)</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-size: small;">5. Overton-on-Dee, on the Welsh-English border<br />Mary was posted here to the RAOC (1942-1945) </span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>At last - appropriate recognition for a wartime veteran</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">In February 2018, ATS Lance Corporal Mary Hanson finally received her WW2 service medals and written thanks for her service - more than 70 years after the end of the war. Between 1942 and 1946 Mary served in the A.T.S. (Auxiliary Territorial Service), the women's branch of the British Army. A few weeks later, and in time for the 2018 Armed Forces Day and Mary's 97th birthday, she also received her M.O.D. Veterans Badge. Appropriate recognition for Mary's fine contribution to the war effort during WW2. </span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654932.post-13502515724556114662018-01-24T15:42:00.000+00:002018-01-24T15:42:17.769+00:00The War memorials of Loweswater, Cumbria<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-size: small;">2. Interior of Loweswater Parish Church<br />The WW1 memorial is the lectern near the altar<br />(Bottom left): The V.E. Day memorial prayer kneeler</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: small;"><b>3. Loweswater's WW1 memorial lectern<br />(It lists the names of five parishioners who died)</b></span></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654932.post-76091736728088779342017-12-13T15:51:00.001+00:002017-12-13T15:58:25.454+00:00"When They Sound The Last All Clear"<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>During the Second World War, the British singer Vera Lynn became known as "the Forces Sweetheart". As part of ENSA, Vera Lynn toured overseas to entertain the troops in Egypt, India, Burma and elsewhere. In 1941 she began her own radio programme, "Sincerely Yours", sending message messages to tthe troops serving overseas, The songs she sang on "Sincerely Yours" included requests for service men and women serving away from home. </b><br />
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<b>One of Vera Lynn's most popular songs was "When the sound the last 'All Clear'", which was first broadcast in 1941. An original wartime song sheet of this can be seen above. As with many Vera Lynn songs of the period, it was one of optimism, when sweethearts would be reunited at the end of the war and the church bells would once again ring out in peace time: </b><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"For the peace bells will ring,</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;">When they sound the last All Clear</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 14px;">."</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654932.post-10363621434148126552017-12-12T23:49:00.002+00:002017-12-13T08:13:41.942+00:00Season's Greetings 2017<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Wishing all members and visitors to this site seasonal greetings of peace and goodwill. Regardless of Creed or nationality peace and goodwill are common to all mankind. They are surely better than war and hostility . </span></b></div>
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">During the six years of the Second World War there were many changes to the hitherto familiar wintertime festive rituals. Celebrations were largely scaled down due to restrictions and shortages in Britain and elsewhere. Nevertheless, for many it was still possible to collect greenery from the countryside and have a Christmas tree and other greenery such as holly, ivy and mistletoe continuing what seems to be a timeless tradition transcending international boundaries. </span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>A visitor to London's Covent Garden around Christmas time will see a large decorated <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Christmas tree [<i><span style="color: red;">Photograph No. 1</span></i>]. According to the Canadian writer and politician </span></b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>André Laurendeau: </b></span></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Childhood is to believe that a with a Christmas tree and three snowflakes all the world is changed.</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">" </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Can a simply decorated Christmas tree and a few snowflakes really transport young children into another world? It does seem so. During the war many children were set the task of collecting the greenery and the tree and perhaps make the decorations for the tree. With snow on the ground children can enter a new playground and perhaps build a snowman and in wartime spend a little time a long way from the war. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">While in London, a visitor can take a short walk from Covent Garden to Whitehall and in a central location will see the Cenotaph [<i><span style="color: red;">Photograph No 2</span></i>]. The poppy wreaths seen at the Cenotaph have been left here by Armed Forces Veterans and relatives of those who have died in wars and conflicts. Think of why the Cenotaph was built and why there should be peace and goodwill to all on earth. </b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>1. The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London:<br />Without any poppy wreaths of Remembrance!</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;">2. Armistice Day at Keswick, Cumbria<br />The Last Post and 'Two Minute Silence' at the Cenotaph<br />'Remembrance' as part of everyday life of the town </span></b></td></tr>
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Is marking 'Armistice Day', 11 November, each year still relevant to the modern world? What, if anything, is special about 'Armistice Day'? Does Britain and the Commonwealth not have Remembrance Sunday to remember the World Wars and other conflicts? Is Remembrance Sunday not sufficient? <br />
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================================================Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654932.post-21222557699205733882017-10-31T21:42:00.002+00:002017-10-31T21:52:06.624+00:00The passing of a French Resistance hero<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "helvetica neue" , , , "helvetica neue light" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>André Heintz (1920 - 2017)</u></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="text-align: center;">On 31 October 2017 the Memorial Museum at Caen, Normandy has reported the passing of Monsieur </span><span style="text-align: center;">André Heintz at the age of 97. In the period before D-Day, 6 June 1944, </span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="text-align: center;">André Heintz was a member of the French Resistance in the Caen area who was able to provide London with valuable information about the German forces in Normandy. </span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="text-align: center;">He was also able to alert the Allies not to bomb the </span></span>Abbaye aux Hommes (Men's Abbey) at Caen in the immediate aftermath of D-Day as this was where thousands of civilians had taken refuge. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According to </span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">André Heintz, the greatest day of his life was 9 July 1944, the day the Allied soldiers were finally able to liberate his beloved, if battered, home city of Caen: </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="text-align: center;">"</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">That day was the most beautiful of my entire life. I could hardly believe that I survived the German occupation and the battle, and I rushed to church as soon as I could to thank God for the privilege of being alive and being free again."</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(BBC "People's War", Article ID 2524385)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Click on the following link to read </span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; text-align: center;">André Heintz's personal account of his wartime experiences, as told to the BBC "People's War" website: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: monospace;">We salute the passing of this fine hero of the French Resistance of WW2. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: monospace;">May he rest in peace. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: monospace;">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654932.post-5021294589677807632017-08-12T21:13:00.000+01:002017-08-12T21:13:45.793+01:00War memorials of Murton-cum-Hilton, Cumbria<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>6. Murton-cum-Hilton World War casualties<br />[<i>As listed on the parish war memorial</i>]<br />(Left): The nine who died in WW1<br />(Right): The four who died in WW2<br />___________________________________ </b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><b>1. Culgaith Parish Church and churchyard<br />Culgaith village, Eden valley, Cumbria</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><b>2. Interior of All Saints Parish Church<br />Culgaith village, Eden valley, Cumbria</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: purple;">6. Culgaith Parish War Memorial, Cumbria</span><br /><span style="color: purple;">This face lists those who died in WW2</span><br />____________________________________<span style="color: purple;"> </span></b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Culgaith, Cumbria and its war memorials</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Culgaith is a civil and ecclesiastical parish in a mainly rural setting in Cumbria's Eden valley. There are four main village communities in the parish: Culgaith, Blencarn, Skirwith and Kirkland. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Culgaith village is the largest of these four communities and is where All Saints church, the main church for the ecclesiastical parish, is situated [<i>Photograph No. 1</i> and <i>Photograph No. 2</i>]. Inside the church is a 'Roll of Honour' listing the names of those from the district who served in the Armed Forces in the 1914 - 1918 war [<i>Photograph No. 3</i>] and the 1939 - 1945 war [<i>Photograph No. 4</i>]. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">At the main crossroads in Culgaith village is a war memorial in the form of a Wheel Cross made from red sandstone which remembers the locals who died in the two World Wars. It was originally erected to commemorate those who died in the 1914 - 1918 war and their names are engraved on the front face of the memorial [<i>Photograph No. 5</i>]. After the end of the Second World War the names of locals who died in that war were added to the rear of the memorial [<i>Photograph No. 6</i>]. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">1. Commonwealth War Graves Plot<br />Sainte Marie-</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130;">de-Ré Communal Cemetery</span><br /><span style="color: #4c1130;">Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France </span><br />[<i>C.W.G. C. photograph</i>]</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">2. Graves of three British soldiers of WW2<br />Sainte Marie-de-</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130;">Ré Communal Cemetery</span><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">[<i>Jacques Lefebvre-Linetsky photograph</i></span></b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>]</b></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;"><b>3. Graves of two British soldiers lost at sea<br />(Left): Pte Cyril George Worrall, RAOC<br />(Right): Pte William Sullivan, Pioneer Corps</b></span><br />
<b style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">[<b><i>Jacques Lefebvre-Linetsky photograph</i></b>]</span></b><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The War Graves at Ste. Marie-de-Ré Communal Cemetery</span></u></b><br />
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Sainte Marie-de-Ré is a small commune on the southern coast of the Île de Ré, an island off the French Atlantic coast. Although far from the main battlefields of the Second World War, nevertheless the communal cemetery of the district is the final resting place of five British and Commonwealth soldiers and two airmen. Their graves are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission [Photograph No. 1]. Photographs No. 2 and 3 were taken by Jacques Lefebvre-Linetsky during a visit to the Île de Ré in June 2017. Initial research for this article at the Île de Ré was by Cathie Fidler.<br />
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===============================Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654932.post-11792726242198894572017-05-30T15:11:00.000+01:002017-05-31T19:17:48.223+01:00Sculptures of war (Břetislav Benda 1897 - 1983) <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">1. </span></b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Czech sculptor Břetislav Benda</span><br />(Left): In his workshop studio (1956)<br />(Right): With his wife, Bohumila Bendova (1976) </b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Sketch (left) and figure in bronze (right)<br />(By </b><b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Břetislav Benda, 1943)</b></span></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></td></tr>
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<b><u>Břetislav Benda (Biographical notes)</u></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #660000;">Born: 28 March 1897 </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #660000;">Birthplace: Líšnice, Austro-Hungarian Empire </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #660000;"> (now in the Czech Republic)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #660000;">Parents: František and Žofie Benda </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #660000;">Spouse: Bohumila Bendova </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #660000;">Died: Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #660000;">Date of death: 19 August 1983</span></b><br />
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Břetislav Benda (1897 - 1983) was a noted 20th Century Czech sculptor and artist, seen in <i>photograph No. 1</i> in his studio and with his wife, Bohumila Bendova. His elder son, also called Břetislav Benda (born 1925) became a Czechoslovak and Czech electro-technician, academic teacher and a Communist member of the Czechoslovak parliament (1986 - 1989) in the period immediately before the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia. </div>
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Milan Benda (born 6 October 1941), a younger son of the elder Břetislav Benda followed in the footsteps of his famous father to become a highly respected sculptor of international renown. Milan Benda also collaborated with his father on a number of sculptures. Both father and son are primarily known for the study of the female form although some significant works are realisations of individuals or tributes to working craftsman. </div>
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Examples of these are shown in <i>photograph No.2</i>. On the left is a sculpture in bronze by Břetislav Benda of his wife, Bohumila and son, Milan (1948). On the right is another sculpture in bronze by Břetislav Benda honouring the skilled working man, in this case the 'Miner and Metallurgist' (1952). </div>
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The artistic creation of Břetislav Benda also looked at various aspects of war, especially the Second World War. Examples of these can be seen in <i>photographs No 3 - 5</i>. The remainder of this article concentrates on this aspect of his work.</div>
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<i>For additional information click on 'Comments' below.</i> </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654932.post-58448734594730755462017-05-30T11:04:00.001+01:002017-05-30T11:26:17.829+01:00"First they came ..." (poem) by Martin Niemöller<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>1. Pastor Martin </b></span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Niemöller (1892 - 1984)</b></span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pastor Martin </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Niemöller (1892 - 1984)</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">German Protestant Pastor Martin <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Niemöller [<i>Photograph No. 1</i>] was at one time a supporter of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. For some, he was even antisemitic. Yet, before WW2 he came to oppose the Nazification of Germany's Protestant churches and especially the Nazis 'Aryan Paragraph'. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">For his open opposition to the Nazi control of Protestant state churches, Pastor </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Niemöller</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> was imprisoned as a political prisoner by the Nazis, being held in Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps. A survivor of the concentration camp system, Pastor </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Niemöller</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> perhaps became best known in the post-war years for his poem, "First they came ..." which acknowledges people in Germany, including himself, had not done enough in the early years to oppose Nazism. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the English language there are slightly different translations and interpretations of Pastor Martin </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Niemöller's poem. Regardless of these slight variations, the themes of persecution, guilt and personal responsibility are evident in this poem. Intellectuals who were not Jews, or Communists, or Trade Unionists or Catholics, or other groups the Nazis opposed said and did nothing until it was too late ... </span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">To read a version of Pastor Martin </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Niemöller's poem, click on 'Comments'. </span></i><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">================================= </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654932.post-68539866675860619592017-05-24T20:24:00.000+01:002017-05-26T07:14:31.563+01:00"The Butterfly" (poem) by Pavel Friedman<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>"Only I never saw another butterfly"<br />(From 'The Butterfly' by Pavel Friedman)<br /><span style="color: blue;">Do Butterflies live in the ghetto?</span><br />___________________________</b></span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: #660000;">Pavel Friedman, Jewish Czechoslovakian poet</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #660000;">Born: Prague, Czechoslovakia, 7 January 1921</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #660000;">Died: Auschwitz concentration camp, 29 September 1944</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pavel Friedman was one of many thousands from the pre-war Jewish community of Czechoslovakia forcibly deported from his home city of Prague firstly to the concentration camp at Terezin (Theresienstadt) and then to Auschwitz. It was at Auschwitz that Pavel Friedman was murdered by the Nazis - yet another victim of the Holocaust. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While at Terezin concentration camp, on 4 June 1942, Pavel Friiedman wrote a poem, "The Butterfly", on a thin sheet of paper which was discovered after the war and donated to the Jewish Museum at Prague. Published in 1959, "The Butterfly" inspired the Holocaust Museum of Houston, Texas (U.S.A.) to create an exhibition of 1.5 Million paper butterflies, symbolising the number of children who died in the Nazi Holocaust. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>To read an English language translation of Pavel Friedman's poem "The Butterfly" and further information click on 'Comments' below.</i></span><br />
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During WW2, Gérard Ménatory (1921 - 1998) was a member of the French Resistance, captured by the Germans in 1944 and deported to Mauthausen concentration camp. Although he was extremely emaciated when liberated from the concentration camp in 1945 he went on to make a good recovery and had an active and fulfilling life before his passing in 1998.<br />
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After the war Gérard Ménatory went on to become a journalist with the 'Midi Libre' newspaper. As a naturalist he founded the Gévaudan Wolf Park (in French. 'Le parc à loups du Gévaudan') located at Sainte Lucie, near the town of Marvejols in the Lozère department of southern France. The photographs seen above show Gérard Ménatory feeding some of the 'friendly' semi-wild wolves at the park in July 1988.<br />
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Today, there are more than 100 semi-wild wolves living and thriving in the park. The long term survival of these much maligned animals is a fine legacy for Gérard Ménatory to have left the world.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654932.post-68335868877490211182017-04-30T18:23:00.000+01:002017-04-30T18:28:27.927+01:00HMS Iron Duke, a dreadnought battleship <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: purple;">1. HMS Iron Duke officers and civic dignitaries</span><br /><span style="color: purple;">During a goodwill visit to Haig Pit, Whitehaven<br />Royal Navy Week' (June 1934) </span><br />[Image courtesy of 'The Whitehaven News']</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b><u>Those seen in the party above are (left to right):</u></b></span><br />
<b style="color: red; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mr. T. Banks (agent), Mr. T.S. Durham, </span></b><br />
<b style="color: red; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Engineer-Commander C.B. Evington, </span></b><b style="color: red; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dr. Henry Peile, </span></b><br />
<b style="color: red; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Commander Crane, Mr Francis Priestman, </span></b><br />
<b style="color: red; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pay Lieut.-Cmndr. Brockman, </span></b><br />
<b style="color: red; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rear-Admiral Sir Noel F. Laurence K.C.B., D.S.O., </span></b><br />
<b style="color: red; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Flag-Lieutenant Commander Crossman, </span></b><br />
<b style="color: red; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Father T.A. Agius, OSB (Mayor's Chaplain), </span></b><br />
<b style="color: red; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mr. Haswell Peile, Surgeon-Commander Harkins, </span></b><br />
<b style="color: red; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mr. George Peile, Mr W. Morgan (Haig Pit manager)</span></b><b style="color: red; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span></b><br />
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Photographs No 1 and No 2 above show HMS Iron Duke and some of her officers with local dignitaries from Whitehaven, Cumberland. These were taken during a goodwill visit to the port in June 1934 as part of 'Royal Navy Week'. HMS Iron Duke was commissioned into the Royal Navy in March 1914 and was scrapped in March 1946, shortly after WW2.<br />
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Photograph No 3 shows a portrait of Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857 - 1944) wearing the Whitehaven Mayoral chain. Lord Lonsdale was the Lord of the Manor of Whitehaven, had been the first Mayor of Whitehaven (1894 - 1896) and was the Hereditary Admiral of the Coasts of Cumberland and Westmorland. Although the Earl of Lonsdale was unable to attend Whitehaven during HMS Iron Duke's goodwill visit he sent a message welcoming the crew to the town. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654932.post-33127806752720264922017-04-28T20:03:00.003+01:002017-04-28T20:03:58.717+01:00The Royal Navy submarine HMS H50 <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Submarine H50 was laid down on 23 January 1918, commissioned into the Royal Navy on 3 February 1920 and scrapped at the end of WW2, in July 1945. The photograph above shows her during a goodwill visit to Whitehaven in 1934.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">2. Broughton Moor war memorial<br />Originally dedicated in 1921 for WW1<br />The WW2 names were added in 1947 </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130;">5. Memorial for victims of a wartime explosion</span><br /><span style="color: #4c1130;">It happened at a R.N.A.D. on 18 January 1944</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">1. St Peter’s parish church, Castle Carrock<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(Where the parish war memorials are located)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">2. Castle Carrock’s war memorials <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(Left): The WW1 parish memorial <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(Right): The WW2 parish memorial <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[Located outside the main church entrance] <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">3. Castle Carrock’s “Rolls of Honour” <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(Left): The 1914 – 1915 “Roll of Honour” <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(Right): The 1939 – 1945 “Roll of Honour”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">4. Headstone of Marine Donald P. Armstrong<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(Located in Castle Carrock churchyard) <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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