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Mumbles, near Swansea,
Mumbles, near Swansea,
This Memorial is dedicated to the American Forces who lived and trained in Mumbles, Caswell and surrounding areas during the Second World War
BARRY MEMORIAL
BARRY MEMORIAL
unveiled 15 June 2012
Glen Booker: I am shown here on the left, when I met with Larry Owen, on the right at the Barry Memorial
Whitchurch Common Plaques in Cardiff
Whitchurch Common Plaques in Cardiff
GIs: PLAQUES in CARDIFF
GIs: PLAQUES in CARDIFF
Actually there are two identical plaques/monuments situated on Whitchurch Common in Cardiff either side of the main road.
1. The plaque on the left (as you head south) was the hardest to photograph with a “clean” background.
2. The monument on the right side was easier except I got in the way!
3. Puts the plaque on the Right Hand Side in its context.
4. Says it as it is or was.
It would be good to see more around south Wales.
Carew Cheriton control tower
Carew Cheriton control tower
Carew Airfield, Pembrokeshire SA70 8SX.
Carew Airfield, Pembrokeshire SA70 8SX.
New Memorials to the American Armed Forces
IN PEMBROKESHIRE DURING WORLD WAR TWO
American Armed Forces Memorial
American Armed Forces Memorial
Tuesday 22nd October 2019 - Approximately three thousand GI’s were billeted in and around the Carew area who made many friends with the local population. There are members of the Carew Control Tower Group who have vivid memories of those times.
Honoured with 75th Anniversary D Day Plaque
Saturday 15 June 2019 - To commemorate the role African-American military personnel stationed in Pembrokeshire and South Wales played during the D-Day campaign - a special honorary Blue Plaque has been unveiled.
The US forces presence at
Llantrisant Common American Camp
Llantrisant Common American Camp
during the Second World War is noted by this Commemorative plaque at
Mynwent Penuel Cemetery
Mynwent Penuel Cemetery
on the edge of Llantrisant Common.
on the edge of Llantrisant Common.
Missed by many, we remember the
Missed by many, we remember the
TIN SHED EXPERIENCE in Laugharne is Now Closed:
TIN SHED EXPERIENCE in Laugharne is Now Closed:
HISTORY
Tin Shed Experience is a quaint and quirky 1940s museum in Laugharne, west Wales.
It opened on June 4th 2011 after 18 months hard work by a very small team of enthusiasts. The project has been a labour of love for local men Andrew Isaacs and Seimon Pugh-Jones, both of whom have collected such memorabilia since meeting whilst working at the Ministry of Defence in Pendine. Andrew was an armourer and
Seimon a photographer. Seimon’s camera work has taken him into the realms of staff photographer for an American war magazine (Armchair General) and has seen him work on many historical features such as Steven Spielberg’s HBO’s award winning mini series ‘Band of Brothers’ and ‘Saving Private Ryan.’
The idea came to them after a small temporary exhibition of wartime memorabilia was staged in Andrew’s old zinc sheeted garage in October 2009. Andrew explains, ‘the exhibition went so well we thought there may be space in the township for something more permanent. I thought, it would be great to restore the garage to look like it originally did when built by my father in 1933.’ He goes on, ‘from there the idea grew and it became the perfect location to transform into a museum.’
Seimon informs, ‘after numerous meetings with various bodies a small match funded grant from the Welsh Assembly Government was secured. This combined with the skills of Stephen Hughes, friend and builder, we were enabled to carry out the refurbishment work. We have however, recycled and reclaimed a great number of materials wherever we could.’
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