Golspie is a small town in Sutherland, in the very northwest of Scotland.

Its War Memorial is a Celtic type Cross set in a memorial garden just off the A 9 road in the south of the town.

War Memorial Garden, Golspie:-

Memorial:-

Dedication. Under a downward pointing sword overlaid with the names of battle zones – France, Belgium, Egypt, Italy, Russia, Palestine, East Africa, Dardanelles, Mesopotamia, At Sea – “In honour of those who served. In sympathy with those who suffered and in proud and grateful memory of those whose names are recorded here and who fell in the Great War 1914-18. They died that we might live.”

Great War names:-

The reverse contains the World War 2 Dedication and Names:-

The upper portion of the reverse is inscribed with symbols of various kind:-

The broch’s entrance:-

The broch had bronze age modcons. Stairs:-

An internal chamber:-

View towards Golspie and Dunrobin Castle:-

The towers of Dunrobin Castle peek above the trees to the left here and on the hill is the statue of the infamous Duke of Sutherland:-

It’s not just Orkney where you can find the remains of brochs.

This one, Càrn Liath Broch, lies west of the A 9 just north of Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland. It’s very well preserved.

Park at the lay-by on the other die of the road – take care crossing, it’s fairly busy – and it’s a short walk to the broch

From the A 9, Moray Firth in background:-

From north:-

From south:-

Broch interior:-

An external structure:-

Information board:-

Helmsdale is a small fishing port on the coast of Sutherland, north Scotland.

Its War Memorial is a tower with clock inset set prominently on a hill overlooking the town.

Memorial from access road:-

From pedestrian path leading up from the access road:-

The memorial on its prominence:-

The dedications read, on the upper panel, “The Great War 1914 1918.”
Lower panel, “To the glory of God, and in memory of the men of this parish, who gave their lives in the Great War,” and below the names, “They died that we might live.”
To each side is a panel dedicated “1939-1945. Also to the glory of God and in memory of those of this parish who gave their lives in the Second World War.”

Keiss is in Sutherland, Scotland, on the A99 between Wick and John O’Groats. The War Memorial stands a bit away from any houses in a square plot of land beside the road.

It is inscribed, “Keiss Quoad Sacra Parish. The dedication is “To the memory of the fallen in the Great War 1914-1919,” and towards the base, “Also 1939-1945,” below which are six names for that second conflict. You can also see here that flat, almost treeless, landscape of north-east Sutherland, which acts as a kind of preview for Orkney:-

View towards village, showing Great War names:-

View towards North Sea, showing Great War names:-

HMS Jervis Bay was a merchant ship requisitioned by the Admiralty on the outbreak of the Second World War and converted to an armed merchant cruiser. She was sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer on 5/11/1940 while trying to draw fire onto itself to protect the convoy it was escorting.

This memorial plaque is on a wall in Wick town centre.

Nearby is a memorial to HMAV Isleford, a Royal Navy Auxiliary vessel wrecked with all hands in a blizzard in Wick Bay on 25/1/1942, in sight of the shore.

Bridge over the Wick River; on road into town just at edge of town centre:-

Bridge near Harbour:-