They've just put a plaque in Tickton where two Halifax Bombers collided into each other when flying in thick fog. Unfortunately all crew members of both planes were killed. Interesting bit of local history.
There's this, closer to home - the Waggoners Memorial at Sledmere: http://www.yorkstories.co.uk/memorials/waggoners_memorial_sledmere.php
Ye I've been to that, when i was working down there. I went to Monte Cassino a long time ago and that was a humbling experience. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/battle_cassino_01.shtml "The Polish cemetery at Monte Cassino contains graves of more than one thousand Poles who died while storming the abbey in May 1944, during the Battle of Monte Cassino.The religious affiliation of the dead men is marked by each grave having one of three different types of headstone: the Catholic and Orthodox headstones are distinguished from each other by different forms of cross, while the Jewish headstones bear the Star of David.The cemetery also contains the grave of General Anders, commander of the Polish forces, who survived the war, dying in London in 1970.Part of the Polish memorial at Monte Cassino bears the following inscription, which translated from Polish reads: We Polish soldiers For our freedom and yours Have given our souls to God Our bodies to the soil of Italy and our hearts to Poland
Any Dean Windass statue would look kind of shabby anyway near the Jack Harrison Memorial statue outside the KC. I have to say that the Memorial itself is excellent- an understated, original, faithful reproduction of the player.
I've also been lukcy to visit Thiepval and nearby Oppy Wood. Have to say the Belgians do a much better job of commemorating Our Dead than the French do. The actual wood at Oppy is closed off although you can skirt around the edge of it- but only if you knew the roundabout and unmarked way of doing so. Best to get the Oppy Wood book out of the library at the History Centre for the proper map and directions to do this.
Tyne Cot a few km outside Ypres is well worth a visit, as of course is 'Wipers' itself, especially the Menin Gate at 8 pm every night. Belgian food, beer, hospitality all top notch. It gets a bit more touristy/crowded every year, best done in winter when the southern lightweights are largely absent and it's mainly school trips.
I went to this place in '87: please log in to view this image http://www.oradour.info/ https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=o...uIHwCw&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=685
Only if Der Führer Regiment of the 2nd Waffen-SS Panzer Division Das Reich has done a job on Annandale Road....
