Post by Administrator on Mar 31, 2016 13:33:28 GMT
Dover Commonwealth War Memorial Given the Green Light
Ambitious plans to create a new memorial naming the 1.7 million Commonwealth casualties of the two world wars have been funded by a £0.5 million grant in the UK budget.
The memorial is to be constructed at the summit of Dover’s iconic White Cliffs overlooking the English Channel. The site itself is derelict land on the periphery of the massive nineteenth century fortification complex known as Dover Western Heights. The ridgetop fortifications run to over 2.5 miles of ditch ranging between 9 and 15 metres in depth and featuring a number of redoubts and bastions. The fortification have suffered from decades of neglect but recent years has seen a reversal of fortune with local volunteers cutting back and managing much of the destructive vegetation growth.
The form of the memorial comprises 12 white granite walls, each representing one of the years of conflict from 1914 – 1945. On each wall will be inscribed the names of each of the 1.7 million casualties recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. These will include members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Merchant Navy as well as civilian victims. It will also include those individuals recorded by the CWGC whose nations are not currently in the Commonwealth of nations such as Eire.
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Ambitious plans to create a new memorial naming the 1.7 million Commonwealth casualties of the two world wars have been funded by a £0.5 million grant in the UK budget.
The memorial is to be constructed at the summit of Dover’s iconic White Cliffs overlooking the English Channel. The site itself is derelict land on the periphery of the massive nineteenth century fortification complex known as Dover Western Heights. The ridgetop fortifications run to over 2.5 miles of ditch ranging between 9 and 15 metres in depth and featuring a number of redoubts and bastions. The fortification have suffered from decades of neglect but recent years has seen a reversal of fortune with local volunteers cutting back and managing much of the destructive vegetation growth.
The form of the memorial comprises 12 white granite walls, each representing one of the years of conflict from 1914 – 1945. On each wall will be inscribed the names of each of the 1.7 million casualties recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. These will include members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Merchant Navy as well as civilian victims. It will also include those individuals recorded by the CWGC whose nations are not currently in the Commonwealth of nations such as Eire.
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