Whilst taking a scenic walk through the Lymington marshes today, I passed the curious memorial pictured above. The monument is dedicated to Sir Admiral Harry Neale, a once-famous naval officer who served as Lymington’s member of parliament for a whopping 25 years, and celebrates his role in bringing gas lighting to the town by means …
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The Canadian Memorial
Whilst walking through the forest near Bolderwood Deer Sanctuary, not far from the Portuguese Fireplace I visited last week, I stumbled upon a striking memorial (pictured above) to the Canadian soldiers who were stationed in the surrounding area in the lead up to the D-Day landings. The cross marks the location at which soldiers would …
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