John Watson's Regiment
John Watson was trained at St. Bartholomew's Hospital as a British Army doctor and served as a Captain in the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers.
- from the John Watson, Sherlock BBC, page at Baker Street Wiki.
The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was a real regiment (Wikipedia Link). I thought people might be interested to see one of the war memorials in Newcastle city centre, this one naming the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers. It was erected in 1907 to commemorate the dead of the South African War, now more commonly called The Boer War.
This picture was taken a week or so ago. It's a bit dark, but it was early and the sun hadn't really risen. The city recently built the new and very ugly Haymarket Metro Station, just behind the memorial.
The pillar is topped by the winged figure of victory, with a laurel garland in her right hand and a sword in her left. At the bottom is another female figure, representing Northumbria, who holds a palm branch in memory of her fallen sons in her out-stretched right hand and a standard in the other. (Description taken from here.) The inscription on the front of the pillar reads TO THOSE WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY and on the base, "STEADFAST IN LIFE VALIANT IN DEATH", which is obviously a quote but makes my modern brain, which objects to the idea of glorifying war, think, 'How can you be valiant if you're dead?'
And speaking of declarations that make me sad, on the back of the base it reads DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI.
I studied the First World War Poets for 'O' Level English, so for me it is impossible to separate this quote from Wilfred Owen's tale of poison gas. But in 1907 it was inscribed, I'm sure, with no sense of irony.
There are apparently 131 names on the four shields around the base. These are two of the shields. You might need to zoom in to read the headers.
In other news, we finally watched the last two episodes of Ripper Street, last night. Whoa! What an ending. Goodness, but the potential there for complexities in the future. *shakes head* So sad it's apparently not being continued.
On a more positive note, Musketeers seems like good, rollicking fun and is full of ridiculously pretty young men (including Lancelot with a pointy beard and moustache *g*)
- from the John Watson, Sherlock BBC, page at Baker Street Wiki.
The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was a real regiment (Wikipedia Link). I thought people might be interested to see one of the war memorials in Newcastle city centre, this one naming the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers. It was erected in 1907 to commemorate the dead of the South African War, now more commonly called The Boer War.
This picture was taken a week or so ago. It's a bit dark, but it was early and the sun hadn't really risen. The city recently built the new and very ugly Haymarket Metro Station, just behind the memorial.
The pillar is topped by the winged figure of victory, with a laurel garland in her right hand and a sword in her left. At the bottom is another female figure, representing Northumbria, who holds a palm branch in memory of her fallen sons in her out-stretched right hand and a standard in the other. (Description taken from here.) The inscription on the front of the pillar reads TO THOSE WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY and on the base, "STEADFAST IN LIFE VALIANT IN DEATH", which is obviously a quote but makes my modern brain, which objects to the idea of glorifying war, think, 'How can you be valiant if you're dead?'
And speaking of declarations that make me sad, on the back of the base it reads DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI.
I studied the First World War Poets for 'O' Level English, so for me it is impossible to separate this quote from Wilfred Owen's tale of poison gas. But in 1907 it was inscribed, I'm sure, with no sense of irony.
There are apparently 131 names on the four shields around the base. These are two of the shields. You might need to zoom in to read the headers.
In other news, we finally watched the last two episodes of Ripper Street, last night. Whoa! What an ending. Goodness, but the potential there for complexities in the future. *shakes head* So sad it's apparently not being continued.
On a more positive note, Musketeers seems like good, rollicking fun and is full of ridiculously pretty young men (including Lancelot with a pointy beard and moustache *g*)