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 Flanders Memorial Oak - Tonge Mill Memorial Park - Tonge, Kent Posted by:  SMacB
N 51° 20.254 E 000° 46.495
31U E 345011 N 5689715
An oak tree with dedicatory plaque placed within a wooden stand in front of it in Tonge memorial park, Tonge. The tree was gifted by the people of Ypres, the city twinned with nearby Sittingbourne, of which Tonge now forms part.
Waymark Code: WMT169
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/07/2016
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An oak tree with dedicatory plaque placed within a wooden stand in front of it in Tonge memorial park, Tonge. The tree was gifted by the people of Ypres, the city twinned with nearby Sittingbourne, of which Tonge now forms part. Ypres was twinned with Sittingbourne in 1964.
Inscription -
THE FLANDERS MEMORIAL OAK/ THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE SERVICEMEN WHO FELL DURING THE/ 1914 - 1918 WAR/ AND IN ALL SUBSEQUENT CONFLICTS, IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY AND FREEDOM./ IN THIS YEAR OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GOLDEN JUBILEE 2002/ THIS TREE IS A GIFT FROM THE PEOPLE OF IEPER (YPRES), TO THE PEOPLE OF SITTINGBOURNE./ THE TOWN OF IEPER BEING TWINNED WITH SITTINGBOURNE, WHERE AN ESTIMATED 218,000/ BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMEN LOST THIRI LIVES./ THIS TREE WAS TRANSPORTED AND PLANTED AT TONGE BY THE ROYAL ENGINEERS ON BEHALF OF/ THE SITTINGBOURNE AND MILTON REGIS BRANCH OF THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION./ IN FLANDERS FIELDS/ IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE POPPIES BLOW/ BETWEEN THE CROSSES, ROW ON ROW/ THAT MARKS OUR PLACE: AND IN THE SKY/ THE LARKS, STILL BRAVELY SINGING, FLY/ SCARCE HEARD AMID THE GUNS BELOW./ WE ARE THE DEAD. SHORT DAYS AGO/ WE LIVED, FELT DAWN, SAW SUNSET GLOW,/ LOVED AND WERE LOVED, AND NOW WE LIE/ IN FLANDERS FIELDS./ TAKE UP OUR QUARREL WITH THE FOE:/ TO YOU WITH FAILING HANDS WE THROW/ THE TORCH: BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH./ IF YE BREAK FAITH WITH US WHO DIE/ WE SHALL NOT SLEEP THOUGH POPPIES GROW/ IN FLANDERS FIELDS./ JOHN MCCRAE RCAMC (1872-1918)/ DISTANCE FROM THIS SPOT TO IEPER (YPRES) IS 93 MILES
Twin Cities / Sister Cities:
Ypres, Belgium
Sittingbourne, Kent, England
Address:
Tonge Mill Memorial Park
Tonge (Nr. Sittingbourne)
Kent
ME9 9AW
Text:
THE FLANDERS MEMORIAL OAK/ THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE SERVICEMEN WHO FELL DURING THE/ 1914 - 1918 WAR/ AND IN ALL SUBSEQUENT CONFLICTS, IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY AND FREEDOM./ IN THIS YEAR OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GOLDEN JUBILEE 2002/ THIS TREE IS A GIFT FROM THE PEOPLE OF IEPER (YPRES), TO THE PEOPLE OF SITTINGBOURNE./ THE TOWN OF IEPER BEING TWINNED WITH SITTINGBOURNE, WHERE AN ESTIMATED 218,000/ BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMEN LOST THIRI LIVES./ THIS TREE WAS TRANSPORTED AND PLANTED AT TONGE BY THE ROYAL ENGINEERS ON BEHALF OF/ THE SITTINGBOURNE AND MILTON REGIS BRANCH OF THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION./ IN FLANDERS FIELDS/ IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE POPPIES BLOW/ BETWEEN THE CROSSES, ROW ON ROW/ THAT MARKS OUR PLACE: AND IN THE SKY/ THE LARKS, STILL BRAVELY SINGING, FLY/ SCARCE HEARD AMID THE GUNS BELOW./ WE ARE THE DEAD. SHORT DAYS AGO/ WE LIVED, FELT DAWN, SAW SUNSET GLOW,/ LOVED AND WERE LOVED, AND NOW WE LIE/ IN FLANDERS FIELDS./ TAKE UP OUR QUARREL WITH THE FOE:/ TO YOU WITH FAILING HANDS WE THROW/ THE TORCH: BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH./ IF YE BREAK FAITH WITH US WHO DIE/ WE SHALL NOT SLEEP THOUGH POPPIES GROW/ IN FLANDERS FIELDS./ JOHN MCCRAE RCAMC (1872-1918)/ DISTANCE FROM THIS SPOT TO IEPER (YPRES) IS 93 MILES
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