Remembrance Sunday - Liverpool, Manchester, London
This year, 2018, marks the 100th anniversary since the end of the First World War. The main service of Armistice Day on November 11 was held at St. George’s Plateau where thousands gathered to pay respect to the fallen soldiers and veterans.
After two minutes of silence at 11:00 am, thousands of poppies dropped from the roof of St George’s Hall and the top of the nearby Radio City Tower/St. John's Beacon. The wreaths were laid by the city officials, and the service concluded with a march attended by war veterans and members of the armed forces.
The focus of the service is always at the Liverpool Cenotaph (Grade I listed), a memorial to those who had fallen in the First World War.
The Cenotaph was unveiled on 11 November 1930 at 11:00 a.m. by Edward G. Stanley, the 17th Earl of Derby, twice Secretary of State for War, Lord Mayor of Liverpool, and British Ambassador to France.
The low-relief is by Herbert Tyson Smith, Liverpool sculptor who created many other works around the city and beyond, expressing his influences from the ancient Egyptians and Greek art. He attended Liverpool College of Art, served in the Royal Flying Corps and after returning from the First World War he established his studio near Bluecoat Chambers.
The Cenotaph is considered one of the most remarkable war memorials in the United Kingdom and the finest of H.T. Smith's carvings.
On one side the memorial depicts marching soldiers: "The March to Action of the Fighting Services", and the words are "As unknown and yet well know; As dying, and behold we live. Out of the North Parts. A Great Company and a Mighty Army". The opposite side features Liverpool on the Armistice Day - mourners laying flowers and wreaths, with rows of graves in the background, and the words: "To the men of Liverpool who fell in the Great War, and the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people".
Shields with Liverpool's coat of arms and the dates of the two world wars are on the two shorter sides.
Other War Memorials by Herbert Tyson Smith:
Lest We Forget, Manchester 2018
As it comes to Manchester, 'they do things differently there'... In front of the main entrance to Manchester Piccadilly station, there was a very evocative memorial. It certainly had rooted in many commuters memory, quite forcefully.
Remembrance Sunday, London, 2017
A year ago we attended the main service at London Cenotaph. In vain hope to see the Queen who choose for the first time to watch the ceremony from the balcony of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office building, we only managed to see a glimpse of the happenings at the War Memorial.
In a high-security environment, the public was to spend about four hours in cold weather waiting for the ceremony to finish. Still, it was worth it, the parade was spectacular!
After two minutes of silence at 11:00 am, thousands of poppies dropped from the roof of St George’s Hall and the top of the nearby Radio City Tower/St. John's Beacon. The wreaths were laid by the city officials, and the service concluded with a march attended by war veterans and members of the armed forces.
The focus of the service is always at the Liverpool Cenotaph (Grade I listed), a memorial to those who had fallen in the First World War.
The Cenotaph was unveiled on 11 November 1930 at 11:00 a.m. by Edward G. Stanley, the 17th Earl of Derby, twice Secretary of State for War, Lord Mayor of Liverpool, and British Ambassador to France.
The low-relief is by Herbert Tyson Smith, Liverpool sculptor who created many other works around the city and beyond, expressing his influences from the ancient Egyptians and Greek art. He attended Liverpool College of Art, served in the Royal Flying Corps and after returning from the First World War he established his studio near Bluecoat Chambers.
The Cenotaph is considered one of the most remarkable war memorials in the United Kingdom and the finest of H.T. Smith's carvings.
On one side the memorial depicts marching soldiers: "The March to Action of the Fighting Services", and the words are "As unknown and yet well know; As dying, and behold we live. Out of the North Parts. A Great Company and a Mighty Army". The opposite side features Liverpool on the Armistice Day - mourners laying flowers and wreaths, with rows of graves in the background, and the words: "To the men of Liverpool who fell in the Great War, and the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people".
Shields with Liverpool's coat of arms and the dates of the two world wars are on the two shorter sides.
Other War Memorials by Herbert Tyson Smith:
- The Merchant Navy War Memorial at the Pier Head, Liverpool
- Liverpool Post Office War Memorial on Victoria Street (it now stands in the Met Quarter shopping centre, built on the old Post Office site)
- Liverpool Medical Institute War Memorial on Mount Pleasant
- Westminster Road Congregational Church War Memorial in Kirkdale
- The Parish Church of Christ Church War Memorial in Bootle
- The Parish Church of All Hallows War Memorial in Allerton
- Holy Trinity Church War Memorial in Wavertree
- St Barnabas Church War Memorial in Mossley Hill
Lest We Forget, Manchester 2018
As it comes to Manchester, 'they do things differently there'... In front of the main entrance to Manchester Piccadilly station, there was a very evocative memorial. It certainly had rooted in many commuters memory, quite forcefully.
Remembrance Sunday, London, 2017
A year ago we attended the main service at London Cenotaph. In vain hope to see the Queen who choose for the first time to watch the ceremony from the balcony of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office building, we only managed to see a glimpse of the happenings at the War Memorial.
In a high-security environment, the public was to spend about four hours in cold weather waiting for the ceremony to finish. Still, it was worth it, the parade was spectacular!
