NigelS Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 (edited) Discovered from the local paper this morning that the CWGC has applied for planning permission for a new war memorial at Brookwood Military Cemetery. The application, which can be viewed on Woking Borough Council's Website (see below), gives: ...the Memorial will commemorate currently uncommemorated casualties of the First and Second World Wars (many of the documents are actually titled 'UKA 1914-18 Memorial') It looks, if planning permission is granted, & the project goes ahead - hopefully it will - that there will be a worthy monument to commemorate the uncommemorated discovered through the endeavours of the 'In from the Cold' project and others.To view the application & plans (sorry if this is a bit long winded but I don't believe the planning site will allow direct links)Go to the Woking Borough website http://www.woking.go...ng/publicaccess and - assuming you agree - click on the 'I agree to the copyright notice'Then enter PLAN/2012/0615 in the search box (click 'Search'), then select the 'View Plans and Documents' tab; click on 'View associated documents' , the various documents of the application can then be selected from the approriate folder and viewed ( tip: once a specific plan has been selected from the 'General Plans & Photos' folder, it's best viewed as a pdf file using 'View PDF' icon available at the top right hand side of the page) Edit: Comment about selecting pdf option deleted (the site has been altered so that documents are automatically opened as pdfs) The application was subsequently approved by Woking BC's Planning Committee on 8th November 2012. NigelS Edited 12 October , 2016 by NigelS Thread title revised, tag added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 Nigel This is the replacement structure for the Brookwood (United Kingdom 1914-1918) Memorial which is currently in the planning stage and should be built in the next couple of years. The old memorial has run out of space and a large number of names actually inscribed on it have now been located buried in the UK and so have to be removed. The new memorial will be capable of expansion if required in the future. Also, any naval names on it are being reallocated to the UK naval memorials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 20 July , 2012 Author Share Posted 20 July , 2012 Thanks Terry, from the plans, the proposed location is much better than that of the current one which, to my mind, right on the edge of the site, wasn't well located. Do you know if anything is likely to be happening with the 'Russia' memorial' in the near future, which, if I remember correctly, was earmarked for removal now that the war graves in the former communist bloc are accessible? NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 I don't know the future of the defunct Brookwood (Russia) Memorial but I am sure the stonework will be recycled somehow. There is one other memorial due to be erected at some point - the memorial commemorating those buried in the UK with unmarked graves where CWGC cannot get permission to erect a headstone. There are about sixty of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 For me the result here is not the names that will be going on the new memorial but rather those that will not. By that I mean those whose graves that I & the volunteers from IFCP have found over the last few years Chris I don't know the future of the defunct Brookwood (Russia) Memorial but I am sure the stonework will be recycled somehow. There is one other memorial due to be erected at some point - the memorial commemorating those buried in the UK with unmarked graves where CWGC cannot get permission to erect a headstone. There are about sixty of these. Terry I take it that you mean relatives refused Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 23 February , 2015 Author Share Posted 23 February , 2015 Work on the new memorial appears to be about to begin early days though, and - no criticism intended - also a little behind schedule according to the CWGC information page (Click) For anyone interested, the instructions to allow access to the planning application documents (including the plans) are still valid. Wonder if, once the new one is completed, the existing 1914-18 memorial might eventually get re-used for the UK un-marked grave commemorations mentioned by Terry Denham in post #4; the Russia Memorial (which is still there despite having been removed from the current CWGC site plan, and just visible at the right hand end of the temporary site fencing in the above image) would probably be unsuitable. NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 24 April , 2015 Author Share Posted 24 April , 2015 Some more views of the new memorial taking shape: Foundations in place (18th March) More recently (22nd April), now becoming recognisable as a war memorial NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 5 August , 2015 Author Share Posted 5 August , 2015 Some more recent views. With the memorial construction now finished, just the final touches to the landscaping remains to be completed. Would imagine that there'll be a formal dedication at some stage (?) Detail of one of the columns: seven of the twelve panels have commemorations on them with the remainder - as far as I could tell, viewing from a distance with the sun in the wrong place - blank for future additions. NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 25 September , 2015 Author Share Posted 25 September , 2015 Still closed off with tape, but the surrounding area has now been turfed & the central feature planted. Nearby the redundant 'Russian' memorial has now gone, but, like those it had commemorated, not forgotten NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 4 November , 2015 Author Share Posted 4 November , 2015 Some pictures of today's (4th November '15) inauguration ceremony (details from CWGC website Click & Order of Service pdf Click) NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Derek Black Posted 4 November , 2015 Share Posted 4 November , 2015 Thanks for sharing your photographs. I was unable to attend, but would have liked to, I have a relative named on this memorial. Derek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 4 November , 2015 Author Share Posted 4 November , 2015 Nearby the former site of the 'Russia Memorial' has now been turfed and a marker stone placed NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 5 November , 2015 Author Share Posted 5 November , 2015 Thanks for sharing your photographs. I was unable to attend, but would have liked to, I have a relative named on this memorial. Derek. Derek, I took the opportunity of photographing the individual panels, so should be able to supply you with a copy of the relevant one. If this is of use PM me with his details and your email address so I can let you have a copy at a reasonable resolution. NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Black Posted 5 November , 2015 Share Posted 5 November , 2015 Thanks Nigel. Derek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 5 November , 2015 Share Posted 5 November , 2015 In the fourth photo at post #11, you will see a red and white wreath. That was placed by Chris Harley, on behalf of the In Fom the Cold Project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 5 November , 2015 Author Share Posted 5 November , 2015 In the fourth photo at post #11, you will see a red and white wreath. That was placed by Chris Harley, on behalf of the In Fom the Cold Project. NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 5 November , 2015 Share Posted 5 November , 2015 Well done. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 5 November , 2015 Share Posted 5 November , 2015 As mentioned above there was a good number of us of IFCP in attendance at the ceremony. The day went very well & I was very proud to have been allowed to lay the wreath on behalf of IFCP. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brimacombe Posted 11 November , 2015 Share Posted 11 November , 2015 A wonderful, moving and long awaited day, and I wouldn't have missed it for the world - my Great Uncle - Pte Francis Brimacombe, Labour Corps, appears on panel seven NigelS - I see you took at picture of the memorial cross (with the Labour Corps collar badge attached) I placed next to his name... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevem49 Posted 12 November , 2015 Share Posted 12 November , 2015 I was lucky enough to meet a relative of the man I had found. It was quite emotional, despite ITV trying to prod me out of the way 29446 Private Thomas Ernest Neppiras RAMC, 28/2/1919 - never forgotten Mrs M also nearly ended up in the Tower after almost knocking Duke of Kent's cuppa out of his hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 12 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 12 October , 2016 An announcement from the CWGC today (12th October) about new names being added to the 1914-18 Memorial at Brookwood Military Cemetery: More than 70 new names of the fallen to be engraved on CWGC war memorial Late yesterday afternoon when I walked through the cemetery I noticed that new engraving had been carried out on panel 7 (apparently, then yet to be completed as there were only 14 new names and the engraver's guidelines - as can be seen below - were still evident) Looking at the CWGC database the new names (those beneath Queeney in the photo) are already listed, as are the ones which will be on panel 8 which - although still blank yesterday - are, according to the news item, being replaced with pre-engraved tablets from the CWGC's workshops in France. Elsewhere, renovation work is in progress in the American War Graves Cemetery on the flagstaff (a Historic England listed structure) as part of on going work which saw replacement of all the headstones and some landscaping work at the end of last year/beginning of this. NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 28 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 28 October , 2016 The on-site engraving of panel 7 and installation of the new pre-engraved panels (all of 8 & over half of 9) has now been completed Panel 7 Detail of Panel 7 revisions Nigel S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 28 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 28 October , 2016 Panel 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 28 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 28 October , 2016 Panel 9 NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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