Commemorating the fallen

[sigma]

The National Memorial Arboretum commemorates the fallen in conflicts from the First World War onwards. Are there any memorials in this country to the fallen of previous conflicts, ie. Crecy, English Civil War, Waterloo etc.

[dot.haukes]

Prior to the First World War it strikes me that previous battles and victories were commemorated in a far more practical way, by naming Bridges and streets after them, as a mark of respect, rather than building public statues that would have had to have been paid for by private funds.
Certainly there were streets named for Balaclava, Branker, Sebastaploe, and of course there are dozens of Waterloo Rds, and Nelson's Column was erected in the early 1840s.
and the bronzes at the base depict his 4 great battles.
Also in Trafalgar square is a statue of the peninsula wat general Sir Charles james napier erected in the 1800s. Napier near Hawke's bay in NZ is names after him. as are Napier gardens on kefalonia his memorial is also in a church in Portsmouth, churches have an awful lot of memorials to the generals and officers who had links with the local parish.
Families of the heroes of any battle would pay for a memorial tablet or even a statue or bust to be strategically placed in the local parish Church, not just as a memorial to the dead, but also a recognition of the bravery of those that survived. It would be a sign of status in the community as well.
The fallen ofr Bosworth Field were being commenorated in local churhes with funds being raised for memorials in the 1500s.
The English casualties at Crecy were minimal amongst the gentry and knights and so there seem only to be Frebch memoprials to their loss, noit necessarily English memorials to their victory. there are memorils to those killed at the siege of calais just prior to crecy, Sir Maurice Berkeley is commemorated in the east window of St peter's Abbey Gloucester and Sir henry hastings in the brass at elsing norfolk and Sir John Wautone in a brass at the church in Wimbush essex.

[dot.haukes]

sorry my typing is erratic as i am watching Wish You Were Here Now And Then and it is fascinating!

[sigma]

Thanks dot. Helpful as always.

[jake-the-peg]

One to Boer War here:

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Buckinghamshire/ CoombeHillBoerWar.html