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They list the name of every woman who died in the line of service during WWI. An inscription thereon reads, “This screen records the names of women of the Empire who gave their lives in the war 1914–1918 to whose memory the Five Sisters window was restored by women”. [48] There are 1,513 names listed on the screens. [49]
They list the name of every woman who died in the line of service during WWI. An inscription thereon reads, “This screen records the names of women of the Empire who gave their lives in the war 1914–1918 to whose memory the Five Sisters window was restored by women”. [62] There are 1,513 names listed on the screens. [63]
Death is more typically presented through images of widows, orphans and elderly parents on memorials, all popular inter-war allegorical forms for death and grieving. [282] Figures of women often represented peace, civilisation or wider humanity. [283] By far the most important source of symbolism on memorials, however, is Christian imagery and ...
The name Pyramus comes from the story of Pyramus and Thisbē which is part of Ovid's Metamorphoses, a Roman tragedy narrative poem. [3] Carter Preston's winning design includes an image of Britannia holding a trident and standing with a lion. The designer's initials, E.CR.P., appear above the front paw. In her outstretched left hand Britannia ...
The cemetery holds 14,246 graves of American soldiers who died in World War I. It includes 486 unknown soldiers. Wall panels on the Memorial Chapel record the names of 954 soldiers whose bodies were never found. The inscription above their names states- "whose earthly resting place is known only to God".
With another soldier, silenced four machine gun nests, killed while attacking a fifth Samuel Woodfill: Army: First Lieutenant: Cunel, France: Oct 12, 1918: Supported by his company, attacked and silenced three machine gun nests Alvin C. York: Army: Corporal: near Chatel-Chéhéry, France: Oct 8, 1918
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Fallen British and Australian soldiers in a mass grave, dug by German soldiers, 1916 or 1917 ^ b Australia. The Australian War Memorial puts their war dead at 61,513. [19] The Australian War Memorial maintains a database listing the names of war dead. [113] The Commonwealth War Graves Commission figure for Australian war dead is 62,149. [11]