WE WILL REMEMBER THEM Automated with music.

Starting with MEMBERS of the MET BRANCH Able Seaman (MET) William Briant Bastian Memorial at Lee on the Solent. Recorded as missing, presumed killed when U155 torpedoed HMS Avenger an escort carrier. 15th November 1942. He was 32 years of age. Photograph: Peter Claridge

Robert G. Skelton (Red) Sadly killed in a helicopter crash at RNAS Brawdy. He served in the Met Branch and then as aircrew from 1954-1963. His name is engraved on the National Memorial Arboretum at Lichfield... Photograph: PJ & MI Squibb

St Bartholomew’s Church Yeovilton. ...also in the ‘Book of Remembrance’ which is held at St Bartholomew’s Church Yeovilton. Photographs: Gill Charles The inscription reads as follows: R G Skelton Naval Airman (Met3) 1 Acmm LF 967936 HMS Goldcrest 24th July 1963.

St Bartholomew’s Church, Yeovilton. (The church has a strong association with the Fleet Air Arm) Photographs: Gill Charles.

ALL NAVAL PERSONNEL

FAA Memorial on The Embankment The memorial is of a striking bronze winged figure of Daedalus, the Greek legend who created wings to escape King Minos of Crete. Photograph: KJS

List of Battle Honours either side of the plinth. Photographs: KJS

...with the inscription inside which reads: At the base of the plinth... ...with the inscription inside which reads: ‘To the everlasting memory of all the men and women from the United Kingdom, the British Commonwealth and the many Allied Nations who have given their lives whilst serving in the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm.’ Photographs: KJS

The memorial as viewed from the back. Photograph: KJS

MEMORIALS FROM AROUND THE U.K.

LEWIS (Outer Hebrides). The Lewis War Memorial is a war memorial dedicated to the men who lost their lives in World War I from the Lewis area Completed in 1924, it is situated at the highest point of the town of Stornoway, and is visible for miles around. In 1958 further plaques were added to note the islands losses of young men in the Second World War. Photograph: PJ & MI Squibb

Photographs: Gill Charles. LONG BENNINGTON Photographs: Gill Charles.

Photographs: PJ & MI Squibb LICHFIELD WRNS Aguila Memorial. Photographs: PJ & MI Squibb

National Memorial Arboretum Photographs: PJ & MI Squibb The Basra Memorial. Photographs: PJ & MI Squibb

THE CENOTAPH Grade I listed building. "THE GLORIOUS DEAD" Probably the best-known cenotaph in the modern world is the one that stands in Whitehall, London. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, it is constructed from Portland stone and was built between 1919 and 1920. It is undecorated save for a carved wreath on each end and the words "THE GLORIOUS DEAD" chosen by Rudyard Kipling. It commemorates specifically the victims of the First World War, but is used to commemorate all of the dead in all wars in which British servicemen have fought. The dates of the First World War and the Second World War are inscribed on it in Roman numerals. The design was used in the construction of many other war memorials throughout the British Empire. The Cenotaph is the site of the annual National Service of Remembrance held at 11:00 a.m. on Remembrance Sunday, the closest Sunday to 11 November (Armistice Day).

From Greek word meaning Photographs: PJ & MI Squibb CENOTAPH From Greek word meaning 'empty tomb.' A tomb built for ceremonial purposes that was never intended to be used for the interment of deceased. Photographs: PJ & MI Squibb

THE WOMEN OF WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL Photographs: PJ & MI Squibb The memorial stands close to the Cenotaph, it was unveiled on 9th July 2005. Their work clothes hanging on pegs, this sculpted memorial commemorates the contribution of women to the war effort. Photographs: PJ & MI Squibb

Photograph: Peter Claridge The inscription reads: LEE ON THE SOLENT Photograph: Peter Claridge FAA Archives The inscription reads: ‘These officers and men of the Fleet Air Arm died in the service of their country and have no grave but the sea.’

Memorial Gate and Garden FORDINGBRIDGE Memorial Gate and Garden Rye East Sussex Photographs: PJ & MI Squibb

FRESHWATER This War Memorial is at All Saints Church Freshwater Isle of Wight. Photographs: PJ & MI Squibb

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM!

Presentation compiled by MIS on behalf of Cloud Observers Material & photographs provided by friends and members of Cloud Observers. Presentation compiled by MIS on behalf of Cloud Observers