John Oram's photos with the keyword: War Memorial

The Hull People's Memorial, Paragon Street, Hull. An unusual and striking memorial commemorates Hull's civilian deaths in two World Wars. The inscriptions at the base are poignant and the one I chose to depict particularly so. Delivered with, I think, a little bitterness and understandably so, it alludes to the adjacent inscription which reflects on the bombing of London and Coventry which were usually named in reports whilst Hull, itself heavily bombed, remained anonymous. 200_4_P1030683CE

The Hull People's Memorial, Paragon Street, Hull. This unusual and striking memorial commemorates Hull's civilian deaths in two World Wars. The inscriptions at the base are poignant and it is worth enlarging this image to read those I have included in my view. 200_4_P1030682E

A soldier figure installed, I presume, in 2018 during the commemorations of the centenary of the end of the First World War, stands with the War Memorial on the village green in Stubbington, Hampshire. 5300_DSC_1386

The Stubbington War Memorial dates from 1922 and is a wooden structure over the village pump. The soldier figure was, I presume, installed in 2018 during the commemorations of the centenary of the end of the First World War. 5300_DSC_1395R

The plaques around the base of the war memorial at Perranporth Airfield commemorate the Spitfire, the squadrons which flew from there, the casualties and a tragic individual case. Memorial

The war memorial at Perranporth Airfield. The plaques around the base commemorate the Spitfire, the squadrons which flew from there, the casualties and a tragic individual case. 200_2_P1150194

The War Memorial outside St David's Church in Maesteg . 200_2_P1050618C

War memorial, Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes. X20_DSCF1998

Detail of war memorial, Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes. X20_DSCF1999