bkristof Posted 24 July , 2004 Share Posted 24 July , 2004 here is the link and a picture of the nusrses monument at Rheims, France. Forgotten, but worth visiting it... It is located on the Place Aristide Brian at Rheims. It is standing in the center of a round about. This is a link to pics and French comment: http://crdp.ac-reims.fr/memoire/lieux/1ere...infirmieres.htm I promise to work on a translation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andigger Posted 24 July , 2004 Share Posted 24 July , 2004 bkristof.... awesome, my friend's grandmother was an American volunteer behind French lines near Rheims. I didn't know this memorial exsisted, and she will be happy to see the image. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 24 July , 2004 Author Share Posted 24 July , 2004 It is a bit forgotten. But it is up to us to make it actual agian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 24 July , 2004 Share Posted 24 July , 2004 Thanks for that posting, B - I appreciate the time you took (it was I who requested the picture and gave him the work!) This is a substantial and effective monument - moving. Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelley Posted 24 July , 2004 Share Posted 24 July , 2004 Kristof, thank you for posting this. Very impressive! Awesome monument. cheers Shelley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 25 July , 2004 Author Share Posted 25 July , 2004 this is a close up of the most impresive part. to me much better than the modern monument they want to build... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 25 July , 2004 Share Posted 25 July , 2004 Yes, I think so too, Kristof. There can be no debate about its message, which I think enteirely appropriate in a monument of this kind. Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 25 July , 2004 Author Share Posted 25 July , 2004 Maybe it is tiem for us to start an "pelgrimage" to it. To restore the value of the monument. To place it in attention again. Can we do something with the forum? With forum members? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrick Posted 25 July , 2004 Share Posted 25 July , 2004 g'day mate kris were'nt we already doing that at the montbre event? Still have to get the locals to work with us because the traffic their is heavy, wouldn't want any new casualties. coo-ee patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quew Posted 26 July , 2004 Share Posted 26 July , 2004 Just a thought, but New Zealand is not mentioned on that monument which is sad as a number of New Zealand nurses lost their lives when the Marquette went down and did service helping the troops. Did they think that NZ was part of Australia? The Marquette had been converted to a transport ship at the beginning of the First World War and on 19 October 1915 she sailed from Alexandria for Salonika with the No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital and the British 29th Divisional Ammunition Column on board. She was torpedoed on the morning of the 23rd and sank in ten minutes. Of the thirty-six nurses on board, ten died. The news reached New Zealand in November and a collection, taken at a memorial service, was dedicated to the erection of a memorial chapel at Christchurch Hospital. The Nurses’ Chapel is significant as the only war memorial in New Zealand dedicated solely to the memory of women. The three nurses from Christchurch who went down with the Marquette were Nona Hildyard, Margaret Rogers and Lorna Rattray. A link to the full article and photo's of the Chapel can be found at The New Zealand Historic Places Trust Also on another thread on Cemeteries and memorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 26 July , 2004 Author Share Posted 26 July , 2004 that is indeed a big mistake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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