Century of Remembrance
Century of Remembrance A Century of Remembrance is a study of one hundred outstanding British war memorials which commemorate 20th century conflicts from the Boer War to the Falklands and Gulf wars.…
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Century of Remembrance
A Century of Remembrance is a study of one hundred outstanding British war memorials which commemorate 20th century conflicts from the Boer War to the Falklands and Gulf wars. With a short description of the featured memorial's background and significance accompanied by photographs of the whole and detail, each entry is highly informative. The first described is a Boer War memorial unveiled on 5 November 1904, and the last is the Animals in War memorial unveiled in London on 24 November 2004.
They come in a wide variety of forms such as statues, stained glass windows, arches, obelisks, cloisters, chapels, art galleries and even a carillon. The selection represents the work of numerous designers and artists, some like Edward Lutyens of world-renown, others virtually unknown. "The aim of this book is to focus attention not just on the richness and range of our national memorials but also