Inverness War Memorial (i)
Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 20:00 on 21 July 2019
Inverness’s memorial to the dead of the two World Wars of the twentieth century is an impressive sandstone construction surmounted by a Celtic cross, situated by the side of the River Ness.
Approach:-
Below, seen from River Ness.
Burma Campaign Memorial to foreground, inscribed, “To the memory of those who served in the Burma campaign 1941-1945.
Highland Counties Branch Burma Star Association.
When you go home tell them of us and say for your tomorrow we gave our today.
The Kohima Epitaph.
This memorial was dedicated on the 11th November 2006.”
War Memorial side view:-
Rear view. River Ness in background:-
Field of Remembrance, Inverness War Memorial. Dedicated 7th November 2011, dedication includes the Kohima Epitaph. The cross is in remembrance of Passchendaele, the slab behind commemorates Nurse Edith Cavell. River Ness behind:-
Gardens in front of Inverness War Memorial, dedicated to Nurse Edith Cavell:-
Tags: Burma Campaign, Burma Star Association, Edith Cavell, First World War, Inverness, Kohima Epitaph, Passchendaele, River Ness, Second World War, the Great War, War Memorials, World War 1, World War 2, WW1, WW2, WWI, WWII
