The National Memorial Arboretum
A visit to the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas, Staffordshire. The Arboretum opened on 16 May 2001 and is a site of national remembrance. the objective of the site is to ‘honour the fallen, recognise service and sacrifice, and foster pride in the British Armed Forces and civilian community’.
Set in 150 acres, the site has over 400 memorials, amongst more than 25,000 trees, with the centre piece being the Armed Forces Memorial which is a tribute to over 16,000 service personnel who have lost their lives in conflict or as a result of terrorism since the end of the Second World War.
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The Unreturning
The Unreturning project focuses on Remembrance – taking its name from a poem by Wilfred Owen, the Shropshire First World War poet.
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