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She served throughout the Second World War, playing a leading part in the destruction of <em>Scharnhorst, </em>and the Normandy Landings</span></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr class="sepdefault" style="color: #f6f6ec; background-color: #f6f6ec"><div class="contentcontainer"><div class="contentsummary"><div class="conWebDoc"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="vertical-align: top" class="thumbpadd"><a href="/web/20060929112647/http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00g"><img src="/web/20060929112647im_/http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/img_100/tn_collect.gif" width="100" height="60" border="0" alt="Visit the IWM Collections website" class=""></a></td><td class="conWebDocText"><a href="/web/20060929112647/http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00g" class="docHeadLink"><span class="docHead">Visit the IWM Collections website</span><br></a><span class="descriptionText">With short essays on major historical themes leading you to selected highlights from all the collections and a searchable database of over 160,000 records. Collections On-line is an exciting new development for the Imperial War Museum.</span></td></tr></table></div></div></div></div><div height="10px"><img src="/web/20060929112647im_/http://www.iwm.org.uk/img/shim.gif" alt="" width="1" height="10"></div><div class=""><div class="contentcontainer"><div class="contentsummary"><div class="conWebDoc"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%"><tr><td class="heading">Their Past Your Future</td></tr></table><div class="conWebDocContent"><p> <table class="embedNoBorderRight borderlessTable" width="100" border="0" classprefix="embedNoBorder"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="embedTableCell"><img height="77" alt="Their Past Your Future" src="/web/20060929112647im_/http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/img_100/TpyfLogo.jpg" width="100" border="0"></td></tr> <tr> <td class="embedTableCell"><span class="embedImageCaption"></span></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060929112647/http://www.theirpast-yourfuture.org.uk/"><strong>Their Past Your Future</strong></a> explores what we can learn about issues such as commemoration, conflict and citizenship while discovering the enduring global impact of the Second World War in the sixtieth anniversary year. Supported by The Big Lottery Fund and led by the Imperial War Museum, Their Past Your Future includes a wide range of activity for all ages, throughout the UK.</p></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="contentcontainer"><div class="contentsummary"><div class="conWebDoc"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%"><tr><td class="heading">The UK National Inventory of War Memorials</td></tr></table><div class="conWebDocContent"><p> <table class="embedNoBorderRight borderlessTable" width="100" border="0" classprefix="embedNoBorder"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="embedTableCell"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060929112647/http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/" target=""><img alt="UK National Inventory of War Memorials" src="/web/20060929112647im_/http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/img_100/UKNIWMv3.jpg" border="0"></a></td></tr> <tr> <td class="embedTableCell"><span class="embedImageCaption"></span></td></tr></tbody></table>War memorials are a familiar sight in the landscape of the UK (United Kingdom).聽 They provide insight into not only the changing face of commemoration but also military history, social history and art history. 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