On a more serious note for anyone unaware

The National Memorial Arboretum situated in Alrewas, Staffordshire is a charity run by staff and volunteers and is part of The Royal British Legion family as a lasting living memorial to -

those who have given their lives in the service of their country, including police, emergency and fire services and civilian organizations etc as well as the armed forces

all who have served and those who have suffered as a result of conflict and

others who for specific or appropriate reasons are commemorated on the site - e.g. St Johns Ambulance etc and there is an area dedicated to the young victims of road accidnts

The Arboretum 'consists of 150 acres of wooded parkland within the National Forest in Staffordshire where visitors can both enjoy and learn about the trees and their surroundings, and reflect upon their special symbolism.'

'Although still a 'young' arboretum, there are already in excess of 50,000 trees on the site which are rapidly growing into a unique living tribute.'

'At the end of the 'Beat' (an avenue of young chestnuts, funded by every Police Force in the UK, as Chestnuts were were originally made from their wood) can be found the Golden Grove which celebrates the lives of couples who married at the end of the Second World War and commemorated their 50th anniversary by dedicating trees. All the trees in the Grove have either golden leaves, stems or fruits such as the golden stemmed ash.'

Exotic Eucalyptus is planted to acknowledge the vital role played by Australian airmen based in UK during World War II; the Indian Army and Royal Indian Navy plots have trees native to the Himalayas and Southern Asia, such as Himalayan birch, Kashmir rowan and Bhutan pine.

Also included is the Shot at Dawn memorial

'Over 300 British and Commonwealth soldiers were shot for desertion or cowardice during the First World War. Most of them were sentenced after a short trial at which no real opportunity for defence was allowed.

Today, it is recognised that several of them were under age when they volunteered and that many of them were suffering from shell shock or post traumatic stress disorder.
Andy Decomyn's statue 'Shot at Dawn' is modelled on Private Herbert Burden, of the 1st Battallion Northumberland Fusiliers, who was shot at Ypres in 1915 aged 17.
His name, and the names of those others who suffered the fate of being shot at dawn are listed on the stakes arranged in the form of a Greek theatre around the statue, symbolising the tragedy that these events signify. The location of this memorial in the most easterly point of the Arboretum which means that it is the first place to be touched by the dawn light.'