The Pity of War
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial is a cemetery and chapel between the villages of Coton and Madingley in Cambridgeshire, England. It was opened in 1956, and commemorates American servicemen and women who died in World War II. It is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
The cemetery dates to 1943, when it was opened as a temporary cemetery on 30.5 acres of land donated by the University of Cambridge. After the war, it was selected as the only permanent American World War II military cemetery in the British Isles.
The cemetery contains 3,809 headstones, with the remains of 3,812 servicemen, including airmen who died over Europe and sailors from North Atlantic convoys. The inscribed Wall of the Missing includes four representative statues of servicemen, sculpted by American artist Wheeler Williams. The wall records the names of 5,127 missing servicemen, most of whom died in the Battle of the Atlantic or in the strategic air bombardment of northwest Europe.
The cemetery is beautifully maintained, but is such a sad reminder of the pity of war.
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Taken on Wednesday May 10, 2017
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Posted on Tuesday May 16, 2017
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Ste said:
i should really make a visit to the Polish war graves at Newark too
LEST WE FORGET
Best wishes ... Steve
Amelia said:
Cheers, Amelia
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Amelia replied to Gudrun:
Anther anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen which you might like to read.
'Anthem for Doomed Youth.' www.warpoetry.co.uk/owen2.html
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Keith Burton said:
Awesome image!
Nora Caracci said:
but so very well taken
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