Skipman Posted 24 May , 2018 Share Posted 24 May , 2018 I saw this on Facebook and thought it worth posting . Why not? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalyback Posted 24 May , 2018 Share Posted 24 May , 2018 Vimy ridge? On the attacking slope very moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipman Posted 24 May , 2018 Author Share Posted 24 May , 2018 I wonder if it was ever considered? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robins2 Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 several years after the war, the city of Calgary (Alberta Canada)Council decided to line a major road with trees and name the street Memorial Drive (which extended for several miles). as of today there are very few if any of the original trees that have survived (age/road improvement etc.). several of the local funeral homes plant memorial trees in the local parks to commemorate the deceased. the German cemetery La Cambe has planted oak trees with the names of fallen soldiers attached so not quite replacing the tomb stones but providing alternatives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 There is an avenue of Lime Trees on The Watton, Brecon, which represent the heroics of the 24th Regiment of Foot (then the 2nd Warwickshire Regiment, later the South Wales Borderers) during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. I'm not sure how many of them are the originals, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelcave Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 Hmmm. I suppose it is a matter of taste as regards suitable commemoration of the fallen. The amount of space required for the trees would be a problem, maintenance another, what would you do when they blew down/died (i.e. how to keep track), how would they have been labelled? The Vimy Memorial site has literally hundreds of thousands of trees (never the 65,000, or whatever, one for each Canadian soldier etc. that used to get trotted out); remember that two thirds of the site plus is out of bounds to the public - and they are all coming to the end of their natural life. In some ways one could argue that they did plant trees - e.g. Verdun - granted that no commemoration was intended. And, of course, what would the people of the time have said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 bearing in mind the closeness of some headstones and also that some have multiple names on I think the trees would be fighting for light and room. also a good source of firewood for the French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 An avenue of trees was planted and known as Des Moines Memorial Drive between Seattle and Des Moines. Each tree was named after a fallen soldier (a few were to women and, I guess, airmen). I believe that upkeep of the trees has been neglected and that it is now in a sorry state compared with it's former self and what was intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipman Posted 25 May , 2018 Author Share Posted 25 May , 2018 Thank you all for the interesting replies. Perhaps a nice idea but problematic in reality. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFBSM Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 Avenues of Honour were planted along the major roads entering a number of Australian towns. Councils now talk of removing them to allow for urban sprawl development. In the situation from the FB meme, IMHO, so many of the trees would need to be removed due to overcrowding and poor development (of the trees), it would defeat the purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raster Scanning Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 Kings Park in Perth has many trees dedicated to casualties https://thegardensfamily.com/Photos/HonourAve/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 (edited) The War Memorial Park in Coventry has well over a hundred of them, each with a commemorative plaque bearing the details of the person being commemorated. This also includes WW2 and a small amount of modern casualties. The plantings started in the 1920's. Walter Atkins was one of the original tank crews and Pioneer Frank Farrell was a member of the Special Brigade. TR Edited 25 May , 2018 by Terry_Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woodland Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 I have seen the avenue of trees in King Park, Perth and thought it very fitting and moving, particularly the ones commemorating two brothers side by side. Of course the actual graves are thousands of miles away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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