'In Memoriam' or 'In spiration'

[billyturnip]

Roger that's a corker, he looks like he could be 1870 passport control,
Trip trap trip trap qui vas sur ma pont

Shortly after taking that photo I bought a Zouave from the Le Cimier shop ..... didn't see any goats though.

 

[peedee]

I didn't know you could tie alongside so far up river mate!

If you gave him a long cigarette holder, a monocle and dinner trousers.....
he'd be a suave half zouave
Paul

 

[peedee]

This batch of monuments and the next tomorrow are being posted in my name but on behalf of Red Tom who has a
problem posting, (lazy old ballbag). he's asked me to post Paisley and Galashiels war memorials, the Tomb of the unknown soldier at the Kremlin, and the Great patriotic War museum Moscow, and some pictures from Andersonville and gettysburg, so here we go, more from Tom tomorrow

PAISLEY

GALASHIELS

MOSCOW

 

[peedee]

GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR MUSEUM MOSCOW
(a fragment of the Stalingrad blockade diorama first, this model is well worth a google guys)

ANDERSONVILLE

GETTYSBURG

I hope they are the ones you wanted me to put up Tom,
I guess if, not you'll pull rank on me in the Naafi

 

[red tom]

Thanks Paul. Among the name panels on the first Gettysburg pic I found a namesake. There was another on the wall at Appamattox courthouse. I told you we get everywhere.

 

[housecarl]

Mustafa Kemal(Atatürk) Gallipoli. Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives ... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours ... You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.

 

[tomifune]

I feel now is the time to say "Nuts" to this thread.





The Sherman was knocked out during the battle for Bastogne and restored after the war but the holes were left in it. It sits next to the McAuliffe bust in McAuliffe square in Bastogne.

 

[peedee]

Carl
Thank you for putting this Gallipoli memorial up, I hoped you would I know it means a lot to you

Tomifune.
A brilliant and apt contribution buddy, I wondered what you'd add !

Thanks guys

 

[peedee]

Here's Red Tom's additions for today, plus a couple of associated monuments I think he woulld want me to add.
SAS hereford: clock tower.

Sas crest on town memorial.

Sas window st martins hereford

Nairobi:

Dar es salaam askari

I believe Dunedin? Zimbabwe (unless someone knows better)

Cape town

Boer war Quebec

Boer war geurnsey

Rhodesian monument Hatfield park Hatfield UK !

 

[red tom]

Thanks for Nairobi Paul. 'Te Fungi Safari'. Regtl motto KAR I have not seen this memorial since 1975. Love the Boer war ones. Some nice models there.

 

[Peter north]

Like these good idea for dioramas

 

[peedee]

Thanks for Nairobi Paul. 'Te Fungi Safari'. Regtl motto KAR
I have not seen this memorial since 1907 when I came home from the Boer war .
Some nice lasses there.

So the answer to why you came home Five years late was the women eh! Typical Tommy abroad
"Te fungi safari" I thought that was masai for athletes foot !

The last batch tomorrow on Tom's behalf, are all from the uk.

Like these good idea for dioramas

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Thanks Pete, that's what I hoped would happen.
Which monuments near you could be added?, it's for anyone.
Paul

 

[Luis R.]

Monument to the Swiss Guards killed during the French Revolution
Luzern, Switzerland

 

[peedee]

Monument to the Swiss Guards killed during the French Revolution
Luzern, Switzerland

Formidable mon brave !
merci bien
Paul

 

[Dan Morton]

I posted these on PF a few years ago. The Omaha First National Bank Sculpture Gardens in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

 

[Dan Morton]

Boer War Monument in Toronto sculpted by Walter Allward. More in follow-up.

 

[Dan Morton]

More Boer War monument photos.

All the best,
Dan

 

[Luis R.]

A few from Spain

To the heroes of the Alcantara cavalry regiment in Valladolid:

from the other side:

El Cid, in Burgos:

El Cid again, in Seville (there are copies of that same monument in San Francisco, San Diego, NYC, Buenos Aires...):

Gonzalo Ferandez de Cordoba, The Great Captain, in Cordoba:

Cabo (corporal) Luis Noval, hero of the 1909 Moroccan War , in Madrid:

The 2nd May 1808 Madrid uprising against Napoleon, in Madrid:

 

[Dan Morton]

Wow - I really like the last one, Luis! Powerfully dramatic!

All the best,
Dan

 

[peedee]

Damn Dan M they're good pics !
A fantastic contribution, amazing pictures, I'm hoping some of the culptors are watching the thread,
There are so many statues here that could be done; your portfolio adds handsomely
You said you'd posted them on another thread ?
Well I'm soooo glad you took the time to post them here, I didn't see them last time
Terific stuff.