Friday 26 July 2013

Military Memorials in Gibraltar

Four different styles of Military headstones/memorials, spanning 1800 to 1918, photographed in Gibraltar



TB96 in collision with SS Tringa. Tringa torpedoes and sunk by U33, three week later
Ship sunk by U34 22 mile north of Alboran Island, Morrocco - eight killed


4 comments:

Billy Blue Eyes said...

Lot of tragic deaths there.

Taphophilia Catafalque said...

I'm not sure why, but I find the death of the ship's cook 'Chow Fook' to be a most poignant one....

Jen said...

So much variety! That second one is especially detailed -- never seen one like it.

Anonymous said...

A second world war pilot we knew and who died in action is buried in north front cemetary. I looked at your really interesting info but didn't see his war grave.thanks for,posting photos of the cemetary as its the only place on the net I could find some info.

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