A small corner of England: Landscape, Objects, Memory and Remembrance 1939 to 2013
Soldiers from 101st Airborne Division Signal Company marching to board gliders at Ramsbury Airfield on the morning of 17 September 1944 (Operation Market Garden)! (www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com) Submitted for the MA in Archaeology, University of Bristol, 2013-2014 Methods and Approaches in 20th Century Conflict Archaeology (ARCHM0054) Michael David Relph Student number: P 1351947 4706 words January 2014 Introduction!
Much has been written about the industrialised nature of 20th Century war and its impact on battlefield landscapes, on material culture and the minds and bodies of those who were there, and on the generations who have followed since. In contrast, relatively little has been recorded or is known about the effect that the same hostilities have had on other parallel yet distant landscapes, on objects and memories far removed from the front-line, on the quiet backwaters of England.