Charles Garrett
@marshdweller.bsky.social
Ex-diplomat. Working at Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Living on Romney Marsh. Supporting the Arsenal.
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An excellent opportunity for an historian to research the connections between international relations and commemoration. Application deadline 1 April.
www.chester.ac.uk/study/resear...
An excellent opportunity for an historian to research the connections between international relations and commemoration. Application deadline 1 April.
www.chester.ac.uk/study/resear...
Studentship Details | University of Chester
www.chester.ac.uk
February 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Please repost:
An excellent opportunity for an historian to research the connections between international relations and commemoration. Application deadline 1 April.
www.chester.ac.uk/study/resear...
An excellent opportunity for an historian to research the connections between international relations and commemoration. Application deadline 1 April.
www.chester.ac.uk/study/resear...
Deeply moving Cape Town ceremony, which is great as this memorial is long overdue.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Families’ relief as memorial unveiled to first world war black South African dead
Commonwealth War Graves Commission begins project to honour those who, unlike white counterparts, were never commemorated
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Deeply moving Cape Town ceremony, which is great as this memorial is long overdue.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
In Cape Town for the inauguration this week of the biggest CWGC memorial to opened since, I think, WW2. Here’s the background. It’s a moving story.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Forgotten no more: The Black South Africans who died in WWI Africa
A memorial being unveiled in Cape Town this week recognises the deaths of 1,772 predominantly Black non-combatants.
www.aljazeera.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In Cape Town for the inauguration this week of the biggest CWGC memorial to opened since, I think, WW2. Here’s the background. It’s a moving story.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Next week the CWGC will inaugurate a major new memorial in Cape Town to honour 1700 black and coloured South Africans who died while serving in the Labour Corps in 1914-18. Why major? Because until now the Commission had failed to honour them.
www.cwgc.org/non-commemor...
www.cwgc.org/non-commemor...
The Journey to unveiling The Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial | CWGC
The Journey to unveiling The Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial | CWGC
www.cwgc.org
January 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Next week the CWGC will inaugurate a major new memorial in Cape Town to honour 1700 black and coloured South Africans who died while serving in the Labour Corps in 1914-18. Why major? Because until now the Commission had failed to honour them.
www.cwgc.org/non-commemor...
www.cwgc.org/non-commemor...
Excellent piece by @tomtugendhat.bsky.social on engagement with Taiwan. We have so much to learn from the Taiwanese, and so much scope for cooperation. My first real glimpse of Taiwan came in 1991. 👇🏼
Reeves in China is a step back in time: she should look to Taiwan
www.thetimes.com/article/942c...
Reeves in China is a step back in time: she should look to Taiwan
www.thetimes.com/article/942c...
Reeves in China is a step back in time: she should look to Taiwan
President Xi’s aggressive Marxist nationalism should deter Britain from deep economic engagement with Beijing. There is a brighter future to be had nearby
www.thetimes.com
January 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Excellent piece by @tomtugendhat.bsky.social on engagement with Taiwan. We have so much to learn from the Taiwanese, and so much scope for cooperation. My first real glimpse of Taiwan came in 1991. 👇🏼
Reeves in China is a step back in time: she should look to Taiwan
www.thetimes.com/article/942c...
Reeves in China is a step back in time: she should look to Taiwan
www.thetimes.com/article/942c...
In Edinburgh to present the Commission’s work to Members of the Scottish Parliament.
January 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
In Edinburgh to present the Commission’s work to Members of the Scottish Parliament.
After 37 years as a British diplomat, I left the Foreign Office and last year joined the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. CWGC.org does a fantastic job looking after the graves and memorials of 1.7 million personnel from Commonwealth nations who died in World Wars 1&2.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission | CWGC
Welcome to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. We commemorate the 1.7M men and women of the Commonwealth that died during the First & Second World Wars.
CWGC.org
January 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
After 37 years as a British diplomat, I left the Foreign Office and last year joined the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. CWGC.org does a fantastic job looking after the graves and memorials of 1.7 million personnel from Commonwealth nations who died in World Wars 1&2.