Oh right, the national flower of. OK France - Fleur de Lis United States - England - Rose Scotland - Thistle? Portugal - Canada - Australia - Belgium - Japan - Lotus? Cuba - Tobacco Ireland - Shamrock? You know, i have no idea
Well the USA gets 0/10 for originality: the Rose. Well done Ronald http://www.shgresources.com/us/symbols/flower/
Well it might be now Phil .... but it wasn't in WW1 !! You only get half a point for that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I could protest about a vaguely worded question, but I won't. France: Fleur de Lis United States: Golden-Rod England: Rose Scotland: Thistle Portugal: Daffodil Canada:Maple Leaf Australia: Golden Wattle (Acacia) Belgium: Forget-Me-Not Japan: Chrysanthemum Cuba: Jasmine Ireland: Can't get that one A Vintage Jewel of a question
A bit of a long wait, I'm afraid, but.......... Where would you find a replica of a British national monument replicated as a WW1 Memorial?
I thought for sure it had to be in Sussex ... but I've been sidetracked looking at the Pavillion in Brighton ...... I'll keep looking !!
Yes ! it was used as a base to care for wounded Indian troops serving with the British army in World War One ..... it was believed that the Indian-influenced architecture would provide a suitable place for their convalescence ! Annie
Sorry to go off topic Phil .... But K ...... the Indian Memorial at Neuve Chapell has a Chattri also ..... http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=The_Indian_Memorial_at_Neuve_Chapelle
Alas, the man didn't survive long enough to fly the Austin-Ball AFB 1, to which he contributed a umber of suggestions based on his experience. It was a good aeroplane, but by the time the prototype emerged the Sopwith Camel and SE 5a were already in full production and it wasn't considered worthwhile to introduce a third fighter type. Gareth
Annie and Spidge, I'm afraid not. As you are obviously all struggling, the literary clue first: Thomas Hardy described the original in Tess of the D'Urbervilles as "A very Temple of the Winds". Phil
Good Lord Phil ! .... talk about Scrimnet being obtuse ......... all I could find is this ..... but it's not WW1 Panaghis Athanassiou Vallianos, (1814 – 1902) was a merchant and shipowner, acclaimed as the 'father of modern Greek shipping' he is interred next to his brother Marinos in a grand neoclassical Greek mausoleum modelled on the Tower of the Winds, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panayis_Athanase_Vagliano http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_the_Winds
