In The Community

Polish Armed Forces War Memorial

On 19th September 2009 in the grounds of the National Memorial Arboretum Lichfield Staffordshire a beautiful Bronze Memorial Statue was unveiled by His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent and Her Excellency Barbara Tuge-Ericinska the Republic of Poland Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

This Memorial is dedicated to the Polish Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air force and Resistance Fighters) that gave their lives fighting in World War II.

Whilst this was very much a National Appeal to raise the required funds, ’Life for a Life’ Memorial Forests made substantial donations without which the construction of this worthy and long awaited War Memorial would have met with considerable costly delays.

The large number of Polish People that now reside in the United Kingdom now have a lasting token of grateful thanks and recognition of the sacrifices given by all Polish People from the citizens of Great Britain and a dedicated Memorial site to visit to remember their fallen.

The Winston S. Churchill Oak Tree Memorial

Flixton House, Trafford, Manchester

Following a request from the family of the deceased Member of Parliament Winston S. Churchill the Grandson of the WWII British Prime Minister Sir. Winston Spencer Churchill and the people of the Urmston constituency where he served as an MP for 27 years, a beautiful English Oak Tree was planted on 10th. October 2010.in the Victorian Walled Garden situated in the grounds of Flixton House, Flixton Road, Urmston Manchester. The 10th Of October 2010 being the first anniversary of Winston’s death and in celebration of his 70th Birthday. All of the Churchill family Members attended the unveiling ceremony joined by the Leader of Trafford Council, many local Councillors and the Urmston team of constituency helpers and workers. Whilst ‘Life for a Life’ Memorial Forests as a Charity will always remain non Political, It accepts the enormous compliment of being approached by such a distinguished famous family. Working in “Partnership “ once again; with Marshalls Landscape Products Plc. the Memorial will be maintained for very many years to come as a tribute to dedicated and worthy servant of the people living in Urmston and district.

Air Training Corps Cadets Memorial Headstone

Bury Parish Church (Lancashire)

‘Life for a Life’ Memorial Forests was given the honour of designing, donating and installing a replacement Headstone using Italian Marble with Gold Leaf Lettering to replace the original Headstone which had been badly vandalised.

The Headstone is a tribute to the three teenage Air Cadets that died in a tragic Helicopter crash in 1993. Whilst travelling home from summer camp in Anglesey North Wales.

The new Headstone was unveiled by Officers and Cadets from the Air Training Corps during the annual Battle of Britain celebrations in September 2009.

M62 Memorial

Hartshead Services (West Yorkshire)

On 4th February 2009 on the site where, on the same day in 1974 a motor coach carrying returning British Service Men and their families from Christmas leave back to the Army Garrison Town of Catterick died when a bomb that had been planted under the coach exploded. For 35 years since that tragedy happened a simple bronze plaque hung in the shop area of the West Bound entrance of the Hartshead Services, courtesy of Welcome Break. The original Plaque became faded and illegible and therefore no longer suitable as a Memorial to those who died, two of which were very young children.

Following on from a request made to ‘Life for a Life’ Memorial Forests by the families of those killed and the survivors of the bombing a new Memorial site was identified (still in the Car Park area of Hearts head Services) which allowed "Life for a Life” Memorial Forests to design, build and donate a more suitable, accessible and much more suitable and befitting Memorial to remember those who lost their lives.