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On Saturday 19 September, at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, UK, over 1,500 guests were present for the unveiling and dedication of the internationally significant Polish Armed Forces Memorial.
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Polish Armed Forces Memorial
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Polish Armed Forces Memorial
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Polish Armed Forces veterans from across the UK joined guests including HRH The Duke of Kent and Her Excellency Barbara Krystyna Tuge-Erecińska, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland and other senior figures from the UK and Polish governments and their Armed Forces.
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The imposing bronze and granite Polish Armed Forces Memorial, situated prominently in a site that is fast becoming one of the world's leading places for Remembrance, will signal to the last remaining veterans that their struggles, and those of their departed comrades, will be duly remembered for generations to come.
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The Polish Armed Forces Memorial is superbly located at the eastern end of 'The Beat' a long avenue of chestnut trees. Four humble toy soldiers, each painted a bronze colour and glued back-to-back atop a two-pence piece provided the inspiration behind the Memorial's design.
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The Shot at Dawn Memorial
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New RAF Memorial
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The RAF Memorial
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