National Memorial Arboretum

**BereniceUK** · 13th March 2010, 19:32

The Armed Forces Memorial

**theStig** · 14th March 2010, 13:48

Stunning! Here's all about it

Armed Forces Memorial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**yamahapaul** · 14th March 2010, 14:04

Very nice

this is a worthy cause-

Veterans-UK

**BereniceUK** · 14th March 2010, 15:49

The Polish Memorial

**BereniceUK** · 15th March 2010, 20:58

Normandy Campaign in 1944
http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/normandy.htm

The five rocks represent the five Allied forces' landing beaches

King's African Rifles
http://www.rhino-e-link.co.uk/

The EOKA conflict in Cyprus
http://www.britains-smallwars.com/cyprus/war.html

**BereniceUK** · 23rd March 2010, 07:54

British 1st Army
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/14/a2009314.shtml

Malta G.C.
http://www.killifish.f9.co.uk/Malta%20WWII/Index.htm

Tobruk
http://www.anzacday.org.au/history/ww2/anecdotes/tobruk.html

British 8th Army "The Desert Army"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom)

**BereniceUK** · 12th April 2010, 09:24

Palestine
Palestine Index

Logistics

The Military Police
History of the RMP - British Army Website

**Fazza** · 4th May 2010, 13:07

I visited the NMA a few weeks ago and was quite taken back from my visit. It was very peacefull there and the thing I found amazing was that everything meant something, from the number of trees to the colour of the flowers had a meaning and has been carefully thought out.

In my mind I was expecting it to be just a military memorial so I was pleasantly surprised to find memorials to organisations like the RNLI there too.

I'm hesitating to use words like 'fantastic' and 'brilliant' to describe my visit as they don't quite seem like the right sort of words to use for an Arboretum but I can't quite find the right words to use.

**BereniceUK** · 4th May 2010, 14:20

Originally Posted by Fazza

I'm hesitating to use words like 'fantastic' and 'brilliant' to describe my visit as they don't quite seem like the right sort of words to use for an Arboretum but I can't quite find the right words to use.

How about 'breathtaking', 'moving' and 'awesome'?