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All of the American States are shown in the windows of the Chapel.

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Tue, 16 May 2017 16:16:16 +0000

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Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial is a cemetery and chapel between the villages of Coton and Madingley in Cambridgeshire, England. It was opened in 1956, and commemorates American servicemen and women who died in World War II. It is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
The cemetery dates to 1943, when it was opened as a temporary cemetery on 30.5 acres of land donated by the University of Cambridge. After the war, it was selected as the only permanent American World War II military cemetery in the British Isles.
The cemetery contains 3,809 headstones, with the remains of 3,812 servicemen, including airmen who died over Europe and sailors from North Atlantic convoys. The inscribed Wall of the Missing includes four representative statues of servicemen, sculpted by American artist Wheeler Williams. The wall records the names of 5,127 missing servicemen, most of whom died in the Battle of the Atlantic or in the strategic air bombardment of northwest Europe.

The cemetery is beautifully maintained, but is such a sad reminder of the pity of war.

The Chapel at the American Cemetery

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Tue, 16 May 2017 13:09:59 +0000

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The Pity of War

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Tue, 16 May 2017 10:37:12 +0000

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American cemetery looking towards the chapel

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Tue, 16 May 2017 10:19:31 +0000

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Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial is a cemetery and chapel between the villages of Coton and Madingley in Cambridgeshire, England. It was opened in 1956, and commemorates American servicemen and women who died in World War II. It is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
The cemetery dates to 1943, when it was opened as a temporary cemetery on 30.5 acres of land donated by the University of Cambridge. After the war, it was selected as the only permanent American World War II military cemetery in the British Isles.
The cemetery contains 3,809 headstones, with the remains of 3,812 servicemen, including airmen who died over Europe and sailors from North Atlantic convoys. The inscribed Wall of the Missing includes four representative statues of servicemen, sculpted by American artist Wheeler Williams. The wall records the names of 5,127 missing servicemen, most of whom died in the Battle of the Atlantic or in the strategic air bombardment of northwest Europe.

The wall of names can be seen on the tight of the photo. Included there is the name of Glen Miller (1904–1944), jazz bandleader and trombonist (memorial – lost at sea. My dad loved his big band music. The inset shows the wall of names in a bit more detail.

The cemetery is beautifully maintained, but is such a sad reminder of the pity of war.

Reflecting on the Pity of War

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Tue, 16 May 2017 08:56:18 +0000

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American Cemetery

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Tue, 16 May 2017 07:39:51 +0000

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Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, seen from Madingley Hill 2014-10-04

nobody@ipernity.com (sps1955) — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 21:34:27 +0000

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Taken just before sunset at the end of what had mostly been a wet and breezy day

Madingley Windmill 2014-10-04

nobody@ipernity.com (sps1955) — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 21:36:21 +0000

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Post mill, brought from Ellington, Huntingdonshire and erected here in 1936 on the site of an earlier mill which collapsed in 1909. Listing: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1163652 . The mill had originally stood at Easton (also in Huntingdonshire) and contains timbers dating from c.1560-70 but was reconstructed c.1840, while it was at Ellington. "In its C19 form it is a composite mill, with a brick base supporting rollers which take some of the weight of the post mill above" [The Buildings of England: Cambridgeshire (2014), p.613].

South Cambridge from Madingley Hill 2014-10-04

nobody@ipernity.com (sps1955) — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 21:32:56 +0000

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The leftmost tower belongs to the United Reformed Church; to the right of that are the spire and tower of the Roman Catholic church. Wadlow Wind Farm at West Wratting, about 10 miles away, is in the background. Taken just before sunset at the end of what had mostly been a wet and breezy day.

Madingley - St Mary Magdalene and the gate lodge of the hall 2014-09-06

nobody@ipernity.com (sps1955) — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 21:44:35 +0000

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Seen across the lake of the hall, formed in a landscaping scheme by Capability Brown, 1756 - the sham bridge is thought to date from this time (list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1163576). For the church, see list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1244942 . The lodge - described by the Buildings of England as "super-picturesque" - dates from 1908-9 (list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1163611).

Madingley - St Mary Magdalene from N 2014-09-06

nobody@ipernity.com (sps1955) — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 21:46:06 +0000

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List description: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1127740 .

Madingley - St Mary Magdalene - Monument to Jane Cotton, d. 1707 2013-07-17

nobody@ipernity.com (sps1955) — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 21:48:39 +0000

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Madingley - St Mary Magdalene - Communion rail 2014-09-06

nobody@ipernity.com (sps1955) — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 21:47:26 +0000

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Late C17. Formerly in Great St Mary, Cambridge

Madingley - St Mary Magdalene - Monument to Jane Cotton, d. 1692 2014-09-06

nobody@ipernity.com (sps1955) — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 21:48:22 +0000

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Attributed to Thomas Stayner

Madingley - St Mary Magdalene - Monument to a Stewkeley infant, d. 1636 2014-09-06

nobody@ipernity.com (sps1955) — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 21:51:19 +0000

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Attributed to Humphrey Moyer

Madingley School 2014-09-06

nobody@ipernity.com (sps1955) — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 21:54:14 +0000

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Dated 1844. List description: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1244942 .

Madingley - St Mary Magdalene - Monument to Admiral Sir Charles Cotton 2014-09-06

nobody@ipernity.com (sps1955) — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 21:52:49 +0000

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By John Flaxman, 1813

Fulbourn garden 2014-06-08

nobody@ipernity.com (sps1955) — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 22:49:30 +0000

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About 8.30 p.m., British Summer Time, with the moon visible

Madingley Hall - Arms on bay window, SE facet 2014-06-08

nobody@ipernity.com (sps1955) — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 22:11:03 +0000

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Renewed clunch carvings with the royal arms and initials "K" (for Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's last wife) and "H" for Henry himself, which date the building to 1543-7. List description: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1163528 .