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The Armed Forces Memorial is a national memorial in the United Kingdom, dedicated to the 16,000 servicemen and women of the British Armed Forces killed on duty or through terrorist action since after the Second World War. It is within the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
The Armed Forces Memorial was dedicated in October 2007 by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the presence of Elizabeth II. [7] Other areas of the site include an RAF 'wing', Naval review and Army parade. Civilian areas include 'The Beat' which contains memorials and dedications to police forces from around the UK and commonwealth.
The primary memorial at the arboretum is the Armed Forces Memorial which lists all British military casualties since 1948. In addition to the Armed Forces Memorial a further 400 memorials are located on the grounds of the memorial arboretum. [1]
Veterans charity Fighting with Pride will lead work on the memorial, after spearheading a campaign on historical mistreatment of LGBT service people. UK’s first ever memorial to LGBT armed ...
Minister for veterans and people Alistair Carns, who is a veteran of the conflict himself, attended the ceremony and laid a wreath.
- page from The Armed Forces Memorial Project - page from Sovereignty.org.uk - Lists of UK Security Force Casualties - Lists of Officers died - Canada 1750-1761 through to 2009 - Lists of NCOs and other ranks died - New Zealand 1845-47 onwards
Members of the armed forces, veterans and the public observe a two-minute silence at the National Memorial Arboretum Armistice Day service (Jacob King/PA)
For instance, the Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial in Irvine, CA, memorializes an ongoing pair of US wars, and has space to inscribe the names of approximately 8,000 fallen servicemembers, [16] while the UK National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield in England hosts the UK's National Armed Forces Memorial which displays the names of the ...