War Memorial
To the north of the Community Centre stands the North Lewis War Memorial. Three panels bear the names of men from Borve, Galson, Shader, and Ballantrushal who were killed in the two World Wars and the Iolaire Disaster of 1919. The memorial also records one casualty of the Boer Wars.
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Famous quotes containing the words war and/or memorial:
“... it is a commonplace that men like war. For peace, in our society, with the feeling we have then that it is feeble-minded to strive except for one’s own private profit, is a lonely thing and a hazardous business. Over and over men have proved that they prefer the hazards of war with all its suffering. It has its compensations.”
—Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)
“When I received this [coronation] ring I solemnly bound myself in marriage to the realm; and it will be quite sufficient for the memorial of my name and for my glory, if, when I die, an inscription be engraved on a marble tomb, saying, “Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.””
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)