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Fylde Memorial Arboretum and Community Woodland Type Moor Park, Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire, England Coordinates 53°50′52″N 3°01′39″W / 53.84767°N 3.02748°W / 53.84767; -3.02748Coordinates: 53°50′52″N 3°01′39″W / 53.84767°N 3.02748°W / 53.84767; -3.02748 Area 2 hectacres Opened 23 February 2009 (2009-02-23) Operated by Arboretum Committee, Fylde Ex-Service Liaison Committee Fylde Memorial Arboretum and Community Woodland is a site of remembrance at Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It is the only one of its kind outside the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire.[1] Its stated aim is to “ provide the service associations, and the people of Blackpool and the Fylde, with a place of peace and beauty in which to remember their fallen comrades and loved ones. ” Contents 1 Origins 2 History 3 Location 3.1 Services Glade 3.2 Millennium Grove 3.3 Community Woodland 4 Memorial plaques 5 References 6 External links // Origins The idea for the arboretum and community woodland was conceived by Don Aiken, the Vice President of the Fylde Ex-Service Liaison Committee in the summer of 2008. Investigating the possibility of planting a memorial tree to commemorate comrades of the D-Day & Normandy Veterans, an article in the Blackpool Gazette from the Forestry Commission offered to fund the planting of woodland areas. After he contacted them they agreed to fund the arboretum, and subsequently, Blackpool Council agreed to provide the land. History The arboretum was unveiled on 23 February 2009 following a £14,000 grant from the Forestry Commission English Woodland Grant Scheme and funds from First TransPennine Express. Blackpool Council's Parks Service designed the plans for the memorial woodland, while rangers worked with local school children and community groups to plant trees.[2] [3] Officially opened on 26 June 2009 with a service of dedication,[4] the arboretum has a main memorial plaque as well as 16 smaller plinths.[5] It is run by the Arboretum Committee, an offshoot of the Fylde Ex-Service Liaison Committee, with the aim of providing the service associations, and the people of Blackpool and the Fylde, with "a place of peace and beauty in which to remember their fallen comrades and loved ones". The woodland has 2,500 trees, from the Forestry Commission, all planted and available for dedication.[6] In August 2009, the arboretum and woodland, which covers two hectares, received a grant of £35,000 from the Forestry Commission for the purchase of trees and the construction of paths.[1] Location Located in fields next to Moor Park School, Moor Park, in the Bispham area of Blackpool, on a site covering two hectares, it contains a multitude of young trees of diverse size and species with the intention of these trees developing over time into a woodland. Services Glade At the centre of the memorial arboretum services' glade area is a simple monument topped by a large inscribed slab of polished black granite. A large flag pole stands permanently flying the Union Flag. This is surrounded by a circle of 16 young oak trees, which were dedicated by member associations of the Fylde Ex-Service Liaison Committee, and special ex-service organisations connected with the Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre areas. At the base of each tree is a polished black granite plaque, inscribed with a badge and an epitaph. Around this an outer circle of 16 Downy Birch trees is to be planted by the parks department in 2010 to supply the need for further ex-service dedicated plaques. Millennium Grove Surrounding the glade is the Millennium Grove, another defined wooded area. This is devoted to the memory of service personnel, previously resident in the Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre boroughs, who have been killed while on active service during this millennium. The intention being to place commemorative plaques alongside selected trees. Community Woodland In the remaining woodland anyone in the community can commemorate a loved one by arranging to have a standard plaque set against one of the trees. Memorial plaques The Services Glade in the arboretum has one main memorial plaque and 16 equally sized plinths. The official memorial plaque bears the inscription: “ This monumunt was erected in this community woodland, The Fylde Memorial Arboretum, For the Fylde Ex-Service Liaison Committee in June 2009 The trees will provide a haven of peace and beauty For all who visit, and serve as a living and lasting Memorial to commemorate our fallen comrades And loved ones. ” The 16 plinths are: Association Inscription 1. 177 (Blackpool Airport) Squadron Air Training Corps Air Training Corps. In memory of all the staff and cadets who have died while serving their communities 2. Fellowship of the Services In memory of companions of the ‘Fellowship of the Services’ who gave their lives in the service of their country 3. Blackpool & Fylde Royal Artillery Association In memory of members of the 'Royal Regiment of Artillery' who gave their lives in the service of their country 4. Blackpool D-Day & Normandy Veterans Association In memory of the fallen comrades of Blackpool D-Day & Normandy Veterans. British Second Army 1944 5. Blackpool & Fylde Branch Burma Star Association Kohima Epitaph. When you go home tell them of us and say for your tomorrow we gave our today 6. Fylde Ex-Service Liaison Committee If you seek my monument, Look around you 7. National Service Association Blackpool & District National Service Association Blackpool & District They answered the call and gave their all 8. Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers To all fallen and ex comrades of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Lancashire Branch of the REME Association 9. Northern Malaya & Borneo Veterans Association[7] Omnius, Relictus, Aliquot – Aliquot, Relictus, Omnius All Gave Some – Some Gave All 10. Royal Air Forces Association Blackpool Branch 209 Royal Air Forces Association We will remember them 11. Suez Veterans Association[8] Lest We Forget 1945-1956 12. Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women[5] Dedicated with gratitude & respect to the memory of comrades who laid down their lives for our freedom 13. Dunkirk Veterans Association In Memory of Those who did not return Dunkirk 1940 14. Merchant Navy Association Dedicated by Blackpool Merchant Navy Association To all Merchant Seafarers Past & Present 15. 12 Regiment Royal Artillery 12 Regiment Royal Artillery (The Lancashire & Cumbrian Gunners) "In Honour of Those Who Have Served" 16. Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre Royal Marines Association In Memory of all Fylde Coast Royal Marines who so faithfully served their country. Once a Marine – Always a Marine References ^ a b "Grant boosts living tribute to our fallen". Blackpool Gazette. 21 August 2009. http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Grant-boosts-living-tribute-to.5577102.jp. Retrieved 21 November 2009.  ^ "Soldiers to be honoured with 2,500 trees at Bispham". Blackpool Gazette. 21 February 2009. http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Soldiers-to-be-honoured-with.500445.jp. Retrieved 21 November 2009.  ^ Forestry Commission (17 February 2009). "Blackpool honours the armed forces with new Fylde Memorial Arboretum and Community Woodland". Press release. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/newsrele.nsf/AllByUNID/99D729AF5606B3CD8025755C004571EB. Retrieved 21 November 2009.  ^ "Official Opening of the Fylde Memorial Arboretum". Blackpool Council. June 2009. http://www.veteransweek.co.uk/events.php?id=61. Retrieved 21 November 2009.  ^ a b Tomlinson, Syd. "The Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (Blackpool, St Annes and District Branch)" (PDF). Migdal (Blackpool: Blackpool Reform Jewish Congregation) (September 2009): 12. http://www.brjc.org.uk/migdal/issues/migdal_0909.pdf. Retrieved 21 November 2009.  ^ "Livewire - May 6". Blackpool Gazette. 6 May 2009. http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/livewire/Livewire--May-6.5239307.jp. Retrieved 21 November 2009.  ^ "Blackpool & Fylde Arboretum 11th November 2009". The Northern Malaya & Borneo Veterans Association. 11 November 2009. http://www.northmbva.co.uk/Gallery_Pages/Blackpooll_Fylde_Nov_11_2009.html. Retrieved 21 December 2009. [dead link] ^ "Suez Veterans Association Memorial Stone dedicated at Fylde Memorial Arboretum, near Blackpool,". Suez Veterans Association. http://www.suezveteransassociation.org.uk/events.html. Retrieved 21 November 2009.  External links Fylde Ex Service Liaison Committee website