Falkland Islands Memorial

[Edicap]

I'm not quite sure where to put this really?

Anyway, I was off work today and bored so I jumped on my bike and took a trip down to the Falkland Islands Memorial church at Pangbourne College, Oxfordshire. Even although set inside the grounds of a busy boarding school, I was surprised how peaceful it all was.

I took some pictures with my mobile phone so please excuse the quality.

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Falkland Islands Memorial Church

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A very moving tribute that seems to put everything in perspective. Royal Marine Cpl Kenneth Evans, killed In Action on the 27th May 1982 with seven of his comrades, when the shore facilities in San Carlos bridgehead were attacked for the first time by the Argentine Air Force.

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The Memorial Stone Cairn

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SAS Memorial

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Garden of Remembrance

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Acting Weapons Engineering Artificer 2 Philip White, killed when HMS Coventry was hit on the 25th May 1982.

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Finally, the number of servicemen killed in the war. 255 in 74 days.

Visitors are encouraged to bring along stones to add to the stone cairn in memory of those who gave their lives. Near or far, if you do visit, please pop a stone in your jacket/tank bag/rucksack.
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Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and preserved piece, but to slide across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO!!!

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[alexhornet]

i visited all the graves in the falklands island, was breathtaking that so many lives were lost for a pretty shitty place.