"At the going down of the sun" ..... Oxted War Memorial

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"At the going down of the sun" ..... Oxted War Memorial

Image: © Peter Trimming Taken: 18 Sep 2010

Photograph taken just a few minutes before sunset, with the location for the War Memorial seemingly carefully chosen. The extract of the poem, "For the Fallen", by Lancaster-born poet Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), is read at Remembrance Day services throughout the United Kingdom: "They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/british_cemeteries_memorials/british_cemeteries_and_memorials_index.htm

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.256858
Longitude
-0.007702