Memorial Archives - Mechtraveller

Falklands Tribute by Standing With Giants is coming to Nothe Fort, Weymouth

Alastair — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:11:26 +0000

The 255 silhouette Falklands Tribute remembrance art installation by Standing with Giants will be open to the public during November at Nothe Fort in Weymouth, Dorset. The charity artwork comprises 255 life-size figures representing Seafarers, Royal Marines, Army, and Airmen and 3 civilians who lost their lives during the 1982 war on The Falkland Islands with […]

The post Falklands Tribute by Standing With Giants is coming to Nothe Fort, Weymouth appeared first on Mechtraveller.

The Dives River Bridge Memorials, Normandy

Alastair — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 15:28:40 +0000

The five bridges over the river Dives marked for destruction by Allied airborne forces on the night of 6 June 1944 are rarely visited these days, but they were crucial to securing the eastern flank of the D-Day landings. So it’s definitely worth exploring the area to get an understanding of the dangers faced in […]

The post The Dives River Bridge Memorials, Normandy appeared first on Mechtraveller.

The Mighty Eighth Monument, Normandy

Alastair — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:09:08 +0000

This is the new monument dedicated to the men of ‘The Mighty Eighth’ in Normandy. The set of four life-size bronze statues of medal-awarded USAAF Airmen was unveiled at the La Fière Memorial Park near Sainte-Mère-Eglise on 5th June. The four airmen (L-R) are Staff Sgt. Maynard “Snuffy” Smith – Gunner, 300th Bomb Group (Medal […]

The post The Mighty Eighth Monument, Normandy appeared first on Mechtraveller.

The Wellington Quarry tunnels under Arras

Alastair — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:37:12 +0000

The Wellington Quarry, or Carrière Wellington, is a World War I memorial, museum and battlefield site, in, or rather under, the streets of Arras in Pas-de-Calais, France. It played a significant role in hiding thousands of British & Commonwealth troops for weeks before unleashing them in a major assault on German lines in April 1917. […]

The post The Wellington Quarry tunnels under Arras appeared first on Mechtraveller.

Fort des Dunes, Dunkirk

Alastair — Thu, 08 May 2025 13:13:07 +0000

Fort des Dunes is a 19th century fort built among the sand dunes at Leffrinckoucke in Northern France just behind the famous beach of Dunkirk. In fact it lies about eight kilometres from the border with Belgium and six kilometres from the centre of Dunkirk, so roughly halfway along that huge expanse of sand. Now […]

The post Fort des Dunes, Dunkirk appeared first on Mechtraveller.

Bullecourt 1917 Museum, Pas-de-Calais

Alastair — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 15:12:59 +0000

The ‘Bullecourt 1917, Jean & Denise Letaille Museum’, to give it its full name, is the home of an evocative collection of WW1 artefacts collected and preserved by Bullecourt farmer and former mayor, Jean Letaille and his wife Denise. Jean had been finding battlefield relics in his fields for years. In fact, everyone did. In […]

The post Bullecourt 1917 Museum, Pas-de-Calais appeared first on Mechtraveller.

Standing with Giants D-Day art installation will move to Stowe Gardens

Alastair — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:06:47 +0000

For those who have been wondering what will happen to the 1,475 ‘Standing with Giants’ silhouettes of World War 2 military personnel currently standing on the slope in front of the British Normandy Memorial, Normandy*; the answer is, they will move to the National Trust’s Stowe Gardens in Bedfordshire. It’s a question several people asked […]

The post Standing with Giants D-Day art installation will move to Stowe Gardens appeared first on Mechtraveller.

Mining disaster memorial garden in Wales given national memorial status

Alastair — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:03:48 +0000

A memorial garden in Senghenydd, which commemorates those who died in the worst disaster in the history of British mining, has been given the “recognition it deserves” and formally acknowledged by the Welsh Government as the National Mining Disaster Memorial Garden of Wales. The garden was officially opened in 2013 on the 100th anniversary of […]

The post Mining disaster memorial garden in Wales given national memorial status appeared first on Mechtraveller.

Review: Memorial Pegasus, Normandy

Alastair — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:53:25 +0000

Most people know that the famous airborne glider attack on Pegasus Bridge just after midnight on 6th June 1944 marked the start of D-Day, but I suspect many are a little confused about where exactly this dramatic action took place. At the east end of the landing beaches in Normandy, lies the town of Ouistreham […]

The post Review: Memorial Pegasus, Normandy appeared first on Mechtraveller.

The British Normandy Memorial

Alastair — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 13:37:20 +0000

The British Normandy Memorial lists the names of 22,442 servicemen & women serving under British command, who died in Normandy. It was conceived during the 71st D-Day Anniversary reunion in 2015, in a chance conversation between a British veteran, George Batts, and the BBC broadcaster Nicholas Witchell. Batts, a Royal Engineer who had landed on […]

The post The British Normandy Memorial appeared first on Mechtraveller.