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
Buried here are 78 officers and men of the Royal Air Force who lost their lives whilst training in Montgomery, Alabama during the Second World War.
Nearly 1,000 men who died during that war or the First World War when serving with the forces of . . . — — Map (db m206427) WM
Buried here are 78 officers and men of the Royal Air Force who lost their lives whilst training in Montgomery, Alabama during the Second World War.
Nearly 1,000 men who died during that war or the First World War when serving with the forces . . . — — Map (db m267522) HM WM
[Panel 1]:
Erected by the Government of Canada in honour of the citizens of the United States who served in the Canadian Army and gave their lives in the Great War, 1914-1918.
[Panel 2]:
In honour of the citizens of the . . . — — Map (db m11138) WM
Je hebt het mogelijk al gemerkt: het zicht op leper ris vanaf deze plek adembenemend. Dat ontging ook de Duitsers niet. Begin 1917 bouwden ze hier bunkers waarvoor rijen prikkeldraad werden geplaatst. De Flandern I-stelling, die in . . . — — Map (db m266733) HM
The War on the Western Front 1914-1918
In the First World War the Western Front a battle line extending from
the Channel coast to Switzerland along which, for four years, millions of men fought and died - was the principal and vital theatre. . . . — — Map (db m265551) WM
De Eerste Wereldoorlog 1914-1918 gooit het leven van mens en natuur compleet overhoop. Loopgraven, bunkers en schuilplaätsen maken de streek tot oorlogsgebied. Mijnontploffingen, artilleriebeschietingen en veldslagen verminken het . . . — — Map (db m267013) HM
This is the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission
(CWGC) cemetery in the world. It is the final resting place of
nearly 12,000 First World War servicemen, more than 8,300 of whom remain unidentified. They died in the fighting around Ypres . . . — — Map (db m267261) HM
Dit is de grootste begraafplaats van de Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) ter wereld. Bijna 12 000 soldaten uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog hebben hier hun laatste rustplaats. Meer dan 8 300 van hen werden nooit geïdentificeerd. Ze . . . — — Map (db m267262) HM
English:
On December 11th, 1985, Arrow Air Flight MF1285R. a Douglas DC-8-63, US registration N95OJW departed Cairo on an international charter flight to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA, via Cologne, Germany and Gander, . . . — — Map (db m79477) HM
To the honoured
memory of those
who fought & fell
in the Great War
1914 — 1918
[Battles]
1915
Ypres·Festubert·Givenchy
1916
Somme·Sanctuary Wood·Courcelette
1917
Vimy Ridge·Hill 70·Lens·Passchendaele
1918 . . . — — Map (db m124565) HM
'The men were very good unto us and we were not hurt. They were a wall unto us both by night and day'
In Memorium Reqviescant in Pace
1939·World War II·1945
1914·World War I·1918
1950·Korea·1953
United Nations . . . — — Map (db m283526) WM
"To the honoured memory of those
sailors, soldiers and airmen
who gave their lives for their country
in two world wars and who lie buried
in this cemetery" — — Map (db m234843) WM
The Cross of Sacrifice is a common feature found in Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries and plots world wide. It emphasizes both the military character of the cemetery and the religious affiliation of the majority of the war . . . — — Map (db m234714) HM WM
The Battle of Vimy Ridge,
April 9-12, 1917
The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a pivotal military engagement in the First World War. The Ridge was a strategic and heavily fortified ridge that held a commanding view. Canadian troops were ordered to . . . — — Map (db m258447) HM
English:
Unveiled on July 1, 1924, the Cross of Sacrifice originally honoured the memory of the Canadian soldiers killed during the Great War of 1914-1918. Over 66,000 lost their lives in the conflict. A handful of earth from Vimy, the . . . — — Map (db m80846) HM WM
Construction of the Thiepval Memorial and Franco-British Cemetery
Lutyens's initial design for the Thiepval Memorial was scaled down and his
proposed site moved closer to the summit of the ridge. Deep foundations
were needed and . . . — — Map (db m252497) HM
Imperial War Graves Commission
So many men were killed during the First World War that a new organisation
was needed to keep track of where they were buried. Led by a remarkable
British civilian, Fabian Ware, in May 1917 the . . . — — Map (db m252486) HM
As in the First World War, when the country was the base for
the earlier stages of the campaign in German East Africa, Kenya
became an important base in the Second World War - this time
in operations across her northern frontier for the . . . — — Map (db m243749) HM WM
In grateful and honoured memory of the two hundred and fifteen men of Marlow who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914 - 1919
And of those who fell in the Second World War 1939 - 1945
The names of the Officers, N.C.O.'s & Men . . . — — Map (db m228394) WM
The War Memorial is based on an octagonal block with a cross of sacrifice built upon it signifying Christianity, the religion of the majority of the dead. It has a downward pointed bronze sword attached to the front signifying war. Another title . . . — — Map (db m277586) HM WM
