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The Cross of Sacrifice Historical Markers

The Cross of Sacrifice was designed in 1918 by Sir Reginald Blomfield and is present in Commonwealth war cemeteries containing 40 or more graves. Erected by the Imperial War Graves Commission (now the Commonwealth War Graves Commission) or by public subcription, the Cross of Sacrifice is also found as public non-burial war memorial cenotaphs. The sword is made in bronze and is pointed downwards. In military tradition and classical art, when the sword is in an upward direction is it the symbol for war or that one was under attack. When the sword is in a downward position, like it is on the Cross of Sacrifice, it is symbolizing a time of peace. This series includes war memorial crosses not necessarily of the Blomfield design, but not the modern Fallen Soldier Battlefield Cross (boots, rifle, helmet).
 
By Darren Jefferson Clay, July 16, 2022
78 Officers and Men of The Royal Air Force who lost their lives while training in Montgomery, AL Marker
1 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Burial Site of Royal Air Force Trainee Pilots —
Near Upper Wetumpka Road.
2 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Royal Air Force Burial Ground —
Near Upper Wetumpka Road west of Vonora Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
3 ► Virginia, Arlington County, Arlington, Fort Myer — Canadian Cross of Sacrifice — WW I / WW II / Korea —
On Memorial Drive.
4 ► Belgium, Vlaanderen, West-Vlaanderen, Zonnebeke, Passendale — Flandern I-stellung — 2014-18 — 100 jaar Groote Oorlog —
On Tynecotstraat north of Vijfwegestraat, on the right when traveling north.
5 ► Belgium, Vlaanderen, West-Vlaanderen, Zonnebeke, Passendale — Tyne Cot Cemetery — The Tyne Cot Memorial —
Near Tynecotstraat.
6 ► Belgium, Vlaanderen, West-Vlaanderen, Zonnebeke, Passendale — Tyne Cot Cemetery — 2014-18 — 100 jaar Groote Oorlog —
Near Vijfwegestraat.
7 ► Belgium, Vlaanderen, West-Vlaanderen, Zonnebeke, Passendale — Tyne Cot Cemetery & Memorial — Commonwealth War Graves — Welcome to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission —
On Tynecotstraat north of Vijfsegestraat, on the right when traveling north.
8 ► Belgium, Vlaanderen, West-Vlaanderen, Zonnebeke, Passendale — Tyne Cot Cemetery & Memorial — Commonwealth War Graves — Welkom bij de Commonwealth War Graves Commission —
On Tynecotstraat north of Vijfwegestraat, on the right when traveling north.
9 ► Newfoundland and Labrador, CensusDiv 6 - Central Nfld-Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander — Arrow Air Crash — The Silent Witness Memorial — Cross of Sacrifice —
On Silent Witness Memorial Road close to Trans-Canada Highway (Route 1), on the right when traveling south.
10 ► Ontario, Lanark County, Smiths Falls — War Memorial — Lest We Forget — "They Gave Their To-day For Our To-morrow" —
On Beckwith Street South (Provincial Highway 15) at Canal Street, on the right when traveling south on Beckwith Street South.
11 ► Ontario, Niagara Region, St. Catharines — St. Catharines Cenotaph —
On St. Paul Street West (Route 81) 0.1 kilometers south of Ontario Street (Route 42), on the right when traveling south.
12 ► Ontario, Ottawa — Cross of Sacrifice —
Near St Laurent Boulevard.
13 ► Ontario, Ottawa — Cross of Sacrifice / Croix du Sacrifice —
Near St Laurent Boulevard.
14 ► Ontario, Peel Region, Mississauga, Port Credit — Mississauga Remembers —
On Stavebank Road at Park Street East, on the right when traveling north on Stavebank Road.
15 ► Québec, Capitale-Nationale, Québec, Vieux-Québec-Cap-Blanc-colline Parlementaire — In Memory of Our Fallen Soldiers — La mémoire des combattants —
On Grande Allée Est close to Avenue George VI.
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16 ► France, Hauts-de-France, Somme, Thiepval — Construction of the Thiepval Memorial and Franco-British Cemetery —
Near Rue de l'Ancre, on the right when traveling south.
17 ► France, Hauts-de-France, Somme, Thiepval — Imperial War Graves Commission —
Near Rue de l'Ancre, on the right when traveling south.
18 ► Kenya, Kisumu, Kisumu — Kenya in the Second World War —
On Unnamed road just west of Mumias Road (Route B1), on the right when traveling west.
19 ► United Kingdom, England, Buckinghamshire, Marlow — Marlow War Memorial —
On The Causeway.
20 ► United Kingdom, England, Redcar and Cleveland, Guisborough — The War Memorial - Guisborough —
On Church Street, on the right when traveling north.
 
 
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