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Some of the original proposals by Lutyens for this memorial, from The Building News and Engineering Journal (volume 118, 1920):
Carcharoth ( talk) 12:45, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
The most recent news stories about the WW2 memorial (not yet erected) are here and here. Slight tangent: this article says "Coun[cillor] Worth believes the memorial is owned by Ayscoughfee Hall and Gardens Trust." This may contradict the IWM Memorials Register, which claims the custodians are South Holland District Council. Carcharoth ( talk) 18:37, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
The cemeteries listed by Guerst in Cemeteries of the Great War by Sir Edwin Lutyens (2010) are:
The latter two are not Lutyens cemeteries, but Guerst says that the influence might have comes through Goldsmith (George Hartley Goldsmith), who was the assistant architect in France. Not sure if these cemeteries are geographically close or not. Carcharoth ( talk) 00:25, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
The names on the wall are in alphabetical order by surname outside the flags, but between them, at the bottom, are other names that form their own order. Why is this? -- Piledhigheranddeeper ( talk) 16:03, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
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Some of the original proposals by Lutyens for this memorial, from The Building News and Engineering Journal (volume 118, 1920):
Carcharoth ( talk) 12:45, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
The most recent news stories about the WW2 memorial (not yet erected) are here and here. Slight tangent: this article says "Coun[cillor] Worth believes the memorial is owned by Ayscoughfee Hall and Gardens Trust." This may contradict the IWM Memorials Register, which claims the custodians are South Holland District Council. Carcharoth ( talk) 18:37, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
The cemeteries listed by Guerst in Cemeteries of the Great War by Sir Edwin Lutyens (2010) are:
The latter two are not Lutyens cemeteries, but Guerst says that the influence might have comes through Goldsmith (George Hartley Goldsmith), who was the assistant architect in France. Not sure if these cemeteries are geographically close or not. Carcharoth ( talk) 00:25, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
The names on the wall are in alphabetical order by surname outside the flags, but between them, at the bottom, are other names that form their own order. Why is this? -- Piledhigheranddeeper ( talk) 16:03, 14 May 2020 (UTC)