Comments on: An Anzac on England http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:05:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JDK http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/comment-page-1/#comment-104688 JDK Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:00:53 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/#comment-104688 "i ask if england has anzac day as i am from england and never aerd of anzacs in england" There are occasional local memorial events in the UK on ANZAC Day, to commemorate ANZAC activities there, such as at Leighterton, where there was a large training base. However ANZAC Day is an official public holiday in Australia and New Zealand, and not in the UK, so it is never an official UK holiday or commemoration. HTH. “i ask if england has anzac day as i am from england and never aerd of anzacs in england”

There are occasional local memorial events in the UK on ANZAC Day, to commemorate ANZAC activities there, such as at Leighterton, where there was a large training base. However ANZAC Day is an official public holiday in Australia and New Zealand, and not in the UK, so it is never an official UK holiday or commemoration.

HTH.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/comment-page-1/#comment-104677 Brett Holman Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:15:06 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/#comment-104677 This may have come too late to be of any use to you, but the answer is no :) This may have come too late to be of any use to you, but the answer is no :)

]]> By: m thomas http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/comment-page-1/#comment-104292 m thomas Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:09:07 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/#comment-104292 i ask if england has anzac day as i am from england and never aerd of anzacs in england i ask if england has anzac day as i am from england and never aerd of anzacs in england

]]> By: Airminded · Straight to the pool room http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/comment-page-1/#comment-68431 Airminded · Straight to the pool room Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:07:59 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/#comment-68431 [...] have to say, though, the post in question is not something I would have picked for my best of 2007: I don’t think it’s [...] [...] have to say, though, the post in question is not something I would have picked for my best of 2007: I don’t think it’s [...]

]]> By: Joe’s Pick of Carnival #52 | History Now http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/comment-page-1/#comment-48140 Joe’s Pick of Carnival #52 | History Now Wed, 02 May 2007 16:07:24 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/#comment-48140 [...] An Anzac on England Commentary on a 1940 “Spectator” article written by an ANZAC soldier stationed in London. The soldier lambasts London for its old and dirty buildings, the British for wasting farmland, and the propensity of the women there to smoke and drink in pubs, among other things. [...] [...] An Anzac on England Commentary on a 1940 “Spectator” article written by an ANZAC soldier stationed in London. The soldier lambasts London for its old and dirty buildings, the British for wasting farmland, and the propensity of the women there to smoke and drink in pubs, among other things. [...]

]]> By: ClioWeb » Archive » History Carnival 52 http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/comment-page-1/#comment-48050 ClioWeb » Archive » History Carnival 52 Tue, 01 May 2007 20:50:44 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/#comment-48050 [...] highlights the experiences of an Australian soldier’s first impressions of wartime Britain in “An Anzac on England”. The soldier, Sydney Melbourne (supposedly a pseudonym), wondered about Britain’s idle farm [...] [...] highlights the experiences of an Australian soldier’s first impressions of wartime Britain in “An Anzac on England”. The soldier, Sydney Melbourne (supposedly a pseudonym), wondered about Britain’s idle farm [...]

]]> By: Club Troppo » Missing Link - Anzac Day Special Edition http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/comment-page-1/#comment-47628 Club Troppo » Missing Link - Anzac Day Special Edition Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:40:56 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/#comment-47628 [...] off a plethora of fabulous Anzac Day posts is newly discovered milblogger Brett Holman, who provided a beautifully researched and illustrated post on a piece by a pseudonymous digger (he called himself ‘Sydney Melbourne’) written in [...] [...] off a plethora of fabulous Anzac Day posts is newly discovered milblogger Brett Holman, who provided a beautifully researched and illustrated post on a piece by a pseudonymous digger (he called himself ‘Sydney Melbourne’) written in [...]

]]> By: Views of Australia old and new - Philobiblon http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/comment-page-1/#comment-47517 Views of Australia old and new - Philobiblon Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:22:07 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/04/25/an-anzac-on-england/#comment-47517 [...] has an Anzac Day post recording the thoughts of an Australian serviceman posted to Old Blighty in 1940 that are as [...] [...] has an Anzac Day post recording the thoughts of an Australian serviceman posted to Old Blighty in 1940 that are as [...]

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