Trip To London #4 - The Field Of Remembrance & A Memorial To A Nazi (!)

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Giro was a German shepherd that belonged to the German ambassador to the United Kingdom, Leopold von Hoesch. As, by this time, the German government was under Adolf Hitler, it has been described as Britain's only Nazi memorial. Flowers are put on Giro's tombstone every February

"Giro"
Ein Treuer Begleiter
London Im Februar 1934
Hoesch.

EN: "Giro"
A faithful companion!
London in February 1934.
Hoesch.






It isn't far from St James park ... which brings back great memories as while at college we usually had our lunch there, so 4 years of good memories.





Memorial to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth


Back in 1979 we were evacuated from the building that we were using for our college due to a Bomb Scare from theI IRA.  I walked to Westminster Abbey, and in the ground between that and St Margaret's the Field of Remembrance was set up by the Royal British Legion.  Afetr that I went every year I lived in Essex (used to meet up with a couple of WWII veterans).  And, every November I have been to London I have been back -








Granddad C (and my 2 veteran friends) served in the Northamptonshire Regt

Granddad W served in the Coldstream Guards between the 2 wars

Dad served in the Home Guard durung much of the war.