War Graves and Remembrance Organisations in
Great Britain
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WAR GRAVES ORGANISATIONS
BRITISH WAR MEMORIAL PROJECT - BRITISH COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES.
14 Lansdown Close, Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14 0DQ, United Kingdom.
T: +44-1225 710070.
Left to right, armorial bearings of Tyneside Scottish Regiment (regiment
of private George Nugent, see WWI
commemorations in France), Northumberland Fusilisers, Royal Highlanders
and Royal Newfoundland. To interpret the emblems of the Commonwealth wargraves,
see the website "In
Memory" of Mr Pierre Vandervelden.
Source: http://www.inmemories.com/emblems.htm
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES
COMMISSION.
Head Office:
2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berks, GB-SL6
7DX.
T: +44-1628-34221. Fax: +44-1628-77 12 08.
E-mail: casualty.enq@cwgc.org
United Kingdom Area:
Director : Mr David
Symons, Jenton Road, Sydenham, Leamington
Spa, Warwickshire CV31 1XS United Kingdom.
T: +44-1926 330137. Fax: +44-1926-456595.
E-mail: ukaoffice@cwgc.org
Outer Area:
Director : Mr Ron Wilson,
2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7DX United Kingdom.
Tel: +44-1628 634221. Fax: +44-1628 771643.
E-mail: outer.area@cwgc.org
Wargrave of Captain N.G. Chavasse, VC and BAR, MC from the Royal Medical
Corps.
In this website, you can find informations about Captain Chavasse in section
"Food for Thoughts".
Photo taken to the Brandhoek
New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen.
Source: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tanneguy.desplanques/gg/index.htm
REMEMBRANCE ORGANISATIONS
FRIENDS OF LOCHNAGAR CRATER MEMORIAL.
Mr. Richard Dunning.
Little Down, Hog's Back, Seale; Surrey GU10 1HD.
T: +44-1483-81 06 51.
Membership Secretary:
25 Daymer Gardens, Pinner, Middlesex HA5 2HW.
T: +44-20-8866-4024.
The 1 July ceremony at the Lochnagar Crater Cross.
Source : Major & Mrs Holt's
Battlefield Guide to the Somme. Ed. Leo Cooper
LAST POST ASSOCIATION
Mr Guy Gruwez, Boterstraat 4, 8900 Ieper, Belgium.
T: +32-57 201 961. Fax: +32-57 218 953.
E-mail: info@lastpost.be
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LONDON SCOTTISH REGIMENT
R.W. (Bob) Harman, Regimental Secretary 95, Horseferry Road London SW1P
2DX, United Kingdom.
T: +44-20 7630 1639. Fax: +44-20 7233 7909.
The London Scottish starting for the trenches (during the Great War),
led by their pipers and drummers. In background, the illustration shows
the officers and men wearing's steel helmets, which saved many life during
the Great Advance.
Source: Sir Douglas Haig's
Great Push, the Battle of the Somme. Ed. London: Hutchinson & Co.,
Paternoster row
NATIONAL
EX-PRISONER OF WAR ASSOCIATION.
Honorary General Secretary: Mr Les Allan.
T/Fax: +44-1753 818308.
NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM.
Croxall Road Alrewas, Staffordshire DE13 7AR, United
Kingdom
T: +44-1283 792333. Fax: +44-1283 792034.
E-mail: nmarboretum@btconnect.com.
ROYAL AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION.
Mr. Steve Buss, 117 1/2 Loughborough Road, GB-LE4 5ND Leicester, Leics.
T: +44-1162-66 52 24.
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION.
Mr. Bill Clark, Director, 48 Pall Mall, Haig House, GB-SW1Y 5JY London.
T: +44-20-7973 7209. Fax: +44-20-7973 7399.
E-mail: bclark@britishlegion.org.uk
View of trench at Ovillers during WW1.
THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
Contact: Ms Joanna Legg or Mr Graham Parker
E-mail: enquiry@greatwar.co.uk
THE SECOND WORLD WAR EXPERIENCE CENTRE.
Dr. Peter Little, Director, 5 Feast Field, off Town St., GB-LS18 4TJ Horsforth,
Leeds
T: +44-113-258 49 93.
E-mail: enquiries@war-experience.org
THE WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION.
Mr Paul Hanson, Chairman, 6 Church Street, Box 1914, Kidderminster, GB-Worcs.
DY10 2AD.
E-mail: webmaster@westernfront.co.uk
UK NATIONAL INVENTORY OF WAR MEMORIALS.
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ, United Kingdom.
T: +44-20 7207 9851. Fax: +44-20 7207 9859.
UNITED KINDOM INVENTORY OF WAR MEMORIALS.
All Saints Annexe, Austral Street, GB-SE11 4SL London.
T: +44-20-7416 5353. Fax: +44-20-7416 5379.
E-mail: memorials@iwm.org.uk
VETERANS AGENCY.
Tomlinson House, Norcross, Blackpool, FY5 3WP, United Kingdom.
T: +44-800 169 22 77. Fax: +44-1253 330561.
E-mail: help@veteransagency.gsi.gov.uk
WAR MEMORIALS TRUST (formely known as "Friends of War Memorials").
4 Lower Belgrave Street London SW1W 0LA United Kingdom
T: +44-20 7259 0403. Fax: +44-20 7259 0296.
E-mail: info@warmemorials.org
WORLD WAR II EX RAF.co.uk.
51, Ashton road, Glebe Estate, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees TS20 1QW England.
E-mail: webmaster@worldwar2exraf.co.uk.
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