The Bastion Wall memorial at the National Memorial Bastion became the location where those who were lost in Afghanistan were commemorated. Initially a small cairn recorded the names of those killed. As casualties mounted a larger cairn was constructed in 2007. A Memorial Wall was constructed in 2011. When British Army operations ended in Afghanistan, Camp Bastion was handed over to the Afghan Security Forces and the memorial re-constructed at the National Memorial Arboretum. The campaign had cost the lives of 453 members of the British Armed Forces.

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Location: National Memorial Arbouretum, Staffordshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © David Warren / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: afghanistan, arbouretum, bastion, camp, memorial, memorials, modern, national, war