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Commonwealth War Graves at Kinloss Abbey

Kinloss ws the site of an RAF base from 1939 onwards. In 2012 the RAF moved out and the site became a barracks for the Army.

Part of the Kinloss Abbey grounds became a burial ground for war dead. There was already a grave there of a Great War casualty (Lieutenant Percy Strickland, HMS Dublin, 31/5/1916, aged 27.) The remainder are RAF, RCAF, RAAF or RNZAF casualties from World War 2.

There are in total 73 war graves at the site.

Kinloss Abbey ruins and some of the war graves:-

War Graves and Ruins of Kinloss Abbey

Since there are more than thirty graves the site has a Cross of Sacrifice:-

Kinloss Abbey Ruins, War Graves, Cross of Sacrifice

Reverse view:-

Kinloss Abbey and War Graves

Another set of war graves lies to the right of the above photo; seen here from the Abbey ruin above:-

War Graves at Kinloss Abbey

Reverse view:-

War Graves at Kinloss Abbey

Kinloss Abbey

Kinloss Abbey was the largest Cistercian Monastery in the north of Scotland. Its ruins lie about three miles east of Forres.

Information board:-

Information Board, Kinloss Abbey

Ruins from entrance:-

Ruins of Part of Kinloss Abbey

Kinloss Abbey Ruins

View to the right from above:-

Ruins of Part of Kinloss Abbey

Tower towards  left of picture above:-

Ruins, Kinloss Abbey

Abbey History:-

Kinloss Abbey Information

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