File:Free French Memorial Greenock.jpg
Summary
The Free French Memorial on Lyle Hill, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenock" class="extiw" title="w:Greenock">Greenock</a>, has views over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gourock" class="extiw" title="w:Gourock">Gourock</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firth_of_Clyde" class="extiw" title="w:Firth of Clyde">Firth of Clyde</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonian_MacBrayne" class="extiw" title="w:Caledonian MacBrayne">Caledonian MacBrayne</a> ferry MV Juno approaches the pier, and MV Saturn is at the pier. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll" class="extiw" title="w:Argyll">Argyll</a> hills are shrouded in mist. The memorial in the form of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Lorraine" class="extiw" title="w:Cross of Lorraine">Cross of Lorraine</a> combined with an anchor commemorates the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_French_Forces#Cross_of_Lorraine" class="extiw" title="w:Free French Forces">Free French</a> Naval Forces that sailed from the Clyde during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Atlantic" class="extiw" title="w:Second Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a>. photograph taken in February 2006 by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dave_souza" title="User:Dave souza">User:Dave souza</a>. Any re-use to contain this licence notice and to attribute the work to <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dave_souza" title="User:Dave souza">User:Dave souza</a> at Wikipedia. The memorial was built by Louis Cren a Breton who was based in Greenock during the second world war as one of the Free French sailors. Louis was a builder and remained in Greenock after the war with his wife Peggy Shannon a bonnie Greenock lassie and sister to George Shannon a well known Greenock builder. Eventually Louis and Peggy returned to his native village of Porspoder on the Atlantic coast of Brittany near to Brest with their family and went on to have a total of 13 children many of whom are still resident in the area around Porspoder and Brest with their own families. Louis and Peggy had a long and happy life in the love of their children and are still missed very deeply. Louis' first attempt at making the memorial, at the insistence of an officer against Louis' advice, was a failure because it was 5th January and a frost was forecast. The frost duly happened and the water in the concrete froze and then the concrete crumbled when it thawed. Louis' second attempt was made at a time of his choosing and is the monument we see today. I hope the officer was never foolish enough to ignore the advice of an experienced builder again.
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| current | 22:40, 3 January 2017 | | 2,163 × 1,318 (209 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>The Free French Memorial on Lyle Hill, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenock" class="extiw" title="w:Greenock">Greenock</a>, has views over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gourock" class="extiw" title="w:Gourock">Gourock</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firth_of_Clyde" class="extiw" title="w:Firth of Clyde">Firth of Clyde</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonian_MacBrayne" class="extiw" title="w:Caledonian MacBrayne">Caledonian MacBrayne</a> ferry MV Juno approaches the pier, and MV Saturn is at the pier. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll" class="extiw" title="w:Argyll">Argyll</a> hills are shrouded in mist. The memorial in the form of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Lorraine" class="extiw" title="w:Cross of Lorraine">Cross of Lorraine</a> combined with an anchor commemorates the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_French_Forces#Cross_of_Lorraine" class="extiw" title="w:Free French Forces">Free French</a> Naval Forces that sailed from the Clyde during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Atlantic" class="extiw" title="w:Second Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a>. photograph taken in February 2006 by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dave_souza" title="User:Dave souza">User:Dave souza</a>. Any re-use to contain this licence notice and to attribute the work to <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dave_souza" title="User:Dave souza">User:Dave souza</a> at Wikipedia. The memorial was built by Louis Cren a Breton who was based in Greenock during the second world war as one of the Free French sailors. Louis was a builder and remained in Greenock after the war with his wife Peggy Shannon a bonnie Greenock lassie and sister to George Shannon a well known Greenock builder. Eventually Louis and Peggy returned to his native village of Porspoder on the Atlantic coast of Brittany near to Brest with their family and went on to have a total of 13 children many of whom are still resident in the area around Porspoder and Brest with their own families. Louis and Peggy had a long and happy life in the love of their children and are still missed very deeply. Louis' first attempt at making the memorial, at the insistence of an officer against Louis' advice, was a failure because it was 5th January and a frost was forecast. The frost duly happened and the water in the concrete froze and then the concrete crumbled when it thawed. Louis' second attempt was made at a time of his choosing and is the monument we see today. I hope the officer was never foolish enough to ignore the advice of an experienced builder again. </p> |
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