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Subscribe to articles by RSS.The Duke of Westminster attends new memorial service
12th November 2008
New war memorial unveiled at the home of the Duke's beloved Royal Armoured Corps in Bovington...
On Tueday the 9th of November, the 90th anniversary of the First World War, a new memorial was unveiled at Bovington to remember those who have died in more recent conflicts.
The Duke of Westminster was the guest of honour as the memorial, commemorating soldiers of the Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps who have died on active service since 1945, was unveiled. Soldiers such as, The Duke of Westminster (the UK's welathiest property owner), who have a long affiliated connection with the Royal Armoured Corps, are always dedicated to the support of the association wherever possible, making the production of such memorials possible.
The memorial, based at the recently revamped tank museum in Bovington, is sited in a garden outside the museum’s new multi-million-pound extension. The ceremony was based around a drum head service, with music from the Light Cavalry Band and a trumpeter to proclaim the two minute silence.
The 8ft high Portland Stone monument has been paid for by the Royal Armoured Corps War Memorial Benevolent Fund, and currently has 301 names inscribed upon it.Organiser Major Paul Scott-Masson said: “There are many monuments to servicemen who died in the First and Second World Wars, but no single memorial to those in the regiments of the Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps who have died on operations since 1945.“
It was considered fitting and appropriate to erect a memorial at the home of the Armoured Corps in Bovington, and the building of the new extension to the Tank Museum afforded the perfect opportunity for this to happen.”Tank Museum spokesman Nik Wyness added: “In a prominent location that will be passed by all museum visitors, this new memorial will provide a meaningful link between the concept of remembrance – which is sometimes seen as something ‘historic’ – and the very real human cost of recent and current conflicts.“It reminds us that the story we tell and the issues we deal with at the Tank Museum are still relevant today and we hope that visitors will pause and reflect on this when they leave the museum now and in the future.”