We drove through Ardersier (located on that arm of the Moray Firth which leads to Inverness) on the way to see Fort George – which was shut.

Like the Memorial at Resolis this is a column with carved crossed sword and rifle enclosed by a wreath, all surmounted by an urn:-

Front view:-

Dedications and names:-

Great War names:-

A stone cross above a tapered rectangular column situated on a small hill at the junction of the A 862 and A 831 a mile or so west of Beauly itself.

World War dedications and names. An inscription states “Parish of Kilmorack” in which parish Beauly lies. There is also a name for 1979, presumably a death in Northern Ireland:-

The War Memorial for the parish of Resolis lies beside the B 9163 road in Cromarty.

A stone column with carved crossed sword and rifle enclosed by a wreath, all surmounted by an urn:-

Great War dedication and names:-

Second World War dedication and names:-

Fortrose’s  War Memorial is the entrance arch to the cathedral precincts:-

GreatWar dedication and names:-

Second World War dedication and names:-

On our trip up north last year we stayed a few nights in Inverness. At the War Memorial I noticed a few changes since I had first photographed it in 2018.

The Edith Cavell gardens are now more open:-

Flower bed with Gaelic inscription stone. This translates as Field of Remembrance:-

There was now a ‘ghost’ soldier:-

Plus three memorial benches.

Two for the Great War:-

And one for 1939-1945:-

Kingussie War Memorial with Indian Memorial to left:-

The memorial is a celtic cross on a tapering pillar atop a square base:-

Dedication:-

Great War names:-

Second World War names:-

Nearby Memorial Bench to Great War dead:-

From Blair Atholl we continued north up the A 9 and took a slight detour into Kingussie.

In a green area to the east of the road through the town lie two War Memorials.

The first I came across was unusual, being particular to Kingussie.

Built of stone it is a memorial to the dead of Force K6, the Indian Contingent, Royal Indian Army Service Corps 14 of whom are buried in Scotland, nine of them in Kingussie Cemetery.

Side view:-

Information board on the Indian Contingent:-

Information board about the Indian army which was the biggest volunteer Army ever recruited, over 2.5 million men:-

In the way north from Killiecrankie we passed through Blair Atholl and I spotted its War Memorial.

Of course I stopped to photograph it.

A Stone of Remebrance inscribed 1914 – 1918, with memorial plaques on a wall behind:-

Great War Names:-

Second World War Names:-

Cleadon is a village in South Tyneside, just north of Whitburn where a friend of ours lives.

We had never actually stopped in Cleadon – apart from to buy petrol once – until Oct 2024.

While stopping to photograph Cleadon’s War Memorial I spotted this minor Art Deco building:-

Cleadon War Memorial is a stone pillar on a pedestal. Details of the memorial are on this website.

View from side:-

Names of Great War dead and those who served:-

Second World War names:-

Dedication:- In memory of those young men and women from Cleadon Cottage Homes who served
during the World Wars 1914-1919 1939-1945.
“They that put aside today
All the joys of their today
And with toil of their today
Bought for us tomorrow.” – Rudyard Kipling

Blanchland is the site of an old Abbey which nowadays acts as the local church.

Blanchland Abbey:-

Rear of Abbey:-

Blanchland’s War Memorial sits beside the Abbey’s entrance pathway:-

It commemorates the village’s Great War dead. Dedication and names with inscription, “All they had they gave.”:-