5120 x 3413 px | 43,3 x 28,9 cm | 17,1 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
9. August 2012
Ort:
Fovant Down, Wiltshire, England, UK
Weitere Informationen:
The Fovant Badges are a set of regimental badges cut into a chalk hill, Fovant Down, near Fovant, in southwest Wiltshire, England. They were created by soldiers garrisoned nearby, and waiting to go to France, during the First World War; the first in 1916. Nine of the original twenty remain, and are scheduled ancient monuments and recognised by the Imperial War Museum as war memorials. After the outlines were cut into the grass-covered hillsides, they were refilled with chalk brought from a nearby slope, up to 50 tons per badge. The badges took an average fifty men six months to complete. Left to right: Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry; 6th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (City of London Rifles); Australian Commonwealth Military Forces; Royal Corps of Signals; Wiltshire Regiment; 5th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade); 8th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles); Devonshire Regiment
