On the stairwell of what was once a church, now a shopping arcade in Front Street, Tynemouth

Spennymoor is a town in County Durham. We usually bypassed it on travelling to and from Barnard Castle but last December we decided to have a look at it on our way back from visiting Bowes Museum. Unfortunately the light was fading a bit by the time we did.

Spennymoor’s War Memorial stands at a road junction:-

Closer view:-

Dedication; above cross “Pro Dieu et Pro Patria.” Below cross, “To these men of Spennymoor district who fell defending our liberty let their names be cherished with gratitude and pride and the remembrance of their steadfast endurance and gallant sacrifice be enshrined in t e haerts of our people for ever
and let this land whose hearts they saved from shame for many and many an age proclaim eternal honour to their name.”

“The Glorious Dead” of the Great War. I Abley – J H Evans:-

Below these are the names for World War 2:-

Great War Names K Farthing – F Perry above and a 2011 Afghanistan name below:-

Great War Names, J Perry – W Young:-

Great War 100th Anniversary bench, litter bin and effigy of soldier:-

Former Town Hall. It still holds Town Council meetings but now houses an Art Gallery and various other outlets:-

Bowes Museum is housed in an imposing building in Barnard Castle, County Durham:-

Bowes Museum and formal garden. Barnard Castle’s War Memorial is in the distance to the right here:-

Model of Bowes Museum inside museum:-

Topiary in formal garden. Barnard Castle War Memorial in background:-

Topiary from museum’s upper floor. Barnard Castle War Memorial to back left:-

Otterburn is a village in Northumberland. In 1388 it was the site of a battle when a Scots army defeated an English one.

Just beyond the western edge of the village there is a memorial to the Battle of Otterburn. The memorial is also called the Percy Cross:-

Countryside beyond the trees at Otterburn Memorial:-

The 252 Hall in Markinch was erected by local employer Tulliss Russell & Company as a memorial to twenty-four of their employees who died in the Great War.

Name plate above left hand window:-

In 1993 the hall was handed over for use by uniformed organisations (Scouts, Guides, Cubs, Brownies etc,) but is also available for hire by other local societies.

The War Memorial at Bankfoot in Perth and Kinross is of the cairn type. It sits on a small hill towards the north of the village. The plaque describes it as Auchtergaven Parish and District:-

Reverse:-

Dedication, “To the memory of the Officers, NCOs and men of Auchtergaven Parish and District, 1914 -1919,” followe dby names and “Their Name Liveth Forevermore”:-

World War 2 Dedication, “World War 1939 – 1945 In Grateful Memory.” Note Ethel Torbet, Forestry Corps:-

This first one I found very spooky. Those of you who know me well will understand why.

Private J Stephen, Northamptonshire Regiment, 16/8/1918:-

Squadron Leader M J Tully, Pilot, RAF, 23/11/1941:-

Lieutenant H S Consterdine, Royal Engineers, 11/6/918, aged 46:-

Private J Woods, Royal Scots, 23/3/1920:-

Private J Finlayson, RASC, 18/6/1917:-

Corporal T B Fyfe, RASC, 11/9/1919, aged 31:-

Gunner D Gemmell, Royal Artillery, 12/9/1944, aged 39:-

Lieutenant F H D Jordan, Royal Garrison Artillery, 23/7/1918 and Private J Pryde, Royal Scots, 4/12/1919:-

More war graves from Morningside Cemetery. Two of these commemorate women who died.

Private C Cox, Royal Scots, 20/12/1918, aged 47:-

Driver A D G Linton, Royal Field Artillery, 29/3/1919, aged 23:-

Nurse Leila Mabel Elliott, Territorial Nursing Service, 2/3/1920 aged 32:-

Private W Mair, Devonshire Regiment, 20/10/1919, aged 22:-

Private J Woods, Royal Scots, 24/3/1920:-

Lieutenant Albert James L Innes, RAMC, 11/3/1920, aged 27:-

Lance Corporal A Sybray, Duke of Lancs Own Yeomanry, 4/10/1916, aged 28:-

Private W McIlwraith, Royal Army Service Corps, 8/3/1919, aged 1929:-

Private Margaret White Walker, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 11/2/1945, aged 22. (Supplementary groundstone erected by employees of Wm Thyne Ltd):-

Sergeant J J Scott, Observer, RAF, 12/8/1940:-

Morningside Cemetery lies between Morningside Drive and Balcarres Street in Edinburgh. It contains more than a few Commonwealth War Graves. Most are from the Great War but some are from World War 2. I found too many for one post.

Private J Couper, Royal Scots, 29/7/1915, aged 21:-

Private D A Chisholm, The Black Watch, 20/10/1920:-

Corporal D W Marwick, RAF, 23/8/1940:-

Captain W A C Taylor, RAMC, 25/8/1917, aged 44:-

Eng. Sub-Lieutenant E T Tylee, ‘HMS Nairana,’ 26/1/1919, aged 28:-

Private J T Tully, HLI, 18/9/1918, aged 31:-

Private W R Simpson, 5th Reserve Regt of Cavalry, 14/1/1915, aged 25:-

Private A M Kerr, Royal Scots Fusilier, 21/4/1920, aged 33:-

Corporal F Black, 5th Battalion Royal Scots, Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles, 27/1/1915:-

War Dedication, Captain Archibald Craig Miller, Forth Royal Garrison Artillery, 3/10/1915, aged 33:-

Shandon is a village on the shores of the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute (the part which used to be in West Dunbartonshire.) Garelochhead lies at the head of the Gare Loch.

Shandon’s War Memorial lies beside the A 814 between Rhu and Garelochhead and takes the form of a sandstone Celtic Cross. The inscription on the pillar reads, “And the leaves of thee were for the sealing of the nations.”

Great War dedication. “To the glory of God and in grateful memory of (names) who died on active service and of thirty-six men from the district who took part in the Great War 1914-1919 and returned in safety.” Below is inscribed, “Give thanks o heart for the high souls that point us to the deathless goals.”

World War 2 dedication. “To the glory of God and in remembrance of the young men of Shandon who gave their lives in the Second World War 1939 – 1945.” Below reads, “The people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves.”

War Memorial bench, Garelochhead, presumably for the 100th anniversary of the Great War. Situated in grounds of church:-