File:47th London Division memorial crosses.JPG
Summary
The two wooden memorial crosses erected on the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Battle of the Somme">Somme</a> battlefields at High Wood and Eaucourt l'Abbaye by 47 Divisional Engineers in 1916 were falling into disrepair by 1925, when they were replaced in stone. The wooden crosses were preserved at the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_York%27s_Headquarters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Duke of York's Headquarters (page does not exist)">Duke of York's Headquarters</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chelsea,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Chelsea, London">London</a> (the former divisional HQ) until that building was sold in 2003, and are now restored at Connaught House, the HQ of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=London_Irish_Rifles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="London Irish Rifles (page does not exist)">London Irish Rifles</a> at Flodden Road, Camberwell.
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current | 05:33, 16 January 2017 | 3,648 × 2,736 (4.73 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | The two wooden memorial crosses erected on the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Battle of the Somme">Somme</a> battlefields at High Wood and Eaucourt l'Abbaye by 47 Divisional Engineers in 1916 were falling into disrepair by 1925, when they were replaced in stone. The wooden crosses were preserved at the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_York%27s_Headquarters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Duke of York's Headquarters (page does not exist)">Duke of York's Headquarters</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chelsea,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Chelsea, London">London</a> (the former divisional HQ) until that building was sold in 2003, and are now restored at Connaught House, the HQ of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=London_Irish_Rifles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="London Irish Rifles (page does not exist)">London Irish Rifles</a> at Flodden Road, Camberwell. | |
05:32, 16 January 2017 | 3,648 × 2,736 (4.73 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | The two wooden memorial crosses erected on the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Battle of the Somme">Somme</a> battlefields at High Wood and Eaucourt l'Abbaye by 47 Divisional Engineers in 1916 were falling into disrepair by 1925, when they were replaced in stone. The wooden crosses were preserved at the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_York%27s_Headquarters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Duke of York's Headquarters (page does not exist)">Duke of York's Headquarters</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chelsea,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Chelsea, London">London</a> (the former divisional HQ) until that building was sold in 2003, and are now restored at Connaught House, the HQ of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=London_Irish_Rifles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="London Irish Rifles (page does not exist)">London Irish Rifles</a> at Flodden Road, Camberwell. |
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