Houndwood is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders lying just off the A 1 almost due west of Eyemouth. Its War Memorial is a (semi-Celtic) granite cross on a square tapered base.

Callander is a town in Stirlingshire. It’s on the eastern edge of the Trossachs and is sometimes known as the gateway to the Highlands.

The War Memorial is in the style of a Mercat Cross. A stone pillar on a square base surmounted by a lion rampant bearing a shield:-

Closer view:-

Great War dedication:-

World War 2 dedication and names:-

Side view:-

Great War Names:-

Wealso stopped off at Wetherby, which we have visited before. I featured its War Memorial here, but took more photos this time

Memorial:-

Great War dedication “In honour and everlasting memory of the men of Wetherby who fell in the Great War 1914-1918” and name plaques:-

World War 2 Dedication and name plaques:-

The River Wharfe was quite high when we visited in 2014. It was much lower this time. The last time we couldn’t see the weir! Note the metal salmon leaping from just below the wheel:-

Tadcaster is a town in North Yorkshire. Its War Memorial is a white stone pillar on an octagonal base and surmounted by a cross. In the background is one of Tadcaster’s three breweries:-

Memorial from side, showing carvings:-

Dedications: “In honour of the men of Tadcaster who gave their lives that others might live in freedom. 1914-1919. See ye to it that their names are not forgotten.”
“In honour of those men who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War 1939 – 1945.” Name plaques for both World Wars:-

More name plaques:-

Garden of Remembrance, Tadcaster War Memorial:-

Carvings:-

Harrogate is a town in West Yorkshire. We visited it in Novemeber 2022. Its War Memorial is a huge tapering stone obelisk on a square base in the monumenatl municipal style. It lies by the main A 61 road through the town.

Dedication. “Our Glorious Dead, 1914-1918, 1939-1945”:-

Side views:-

Frieze of bugler:-

Frieze of Victory:-

Great War Names:-

Names for both World Wars:-

Poppy Crosses by Harrogate War Memorial:-

VC Recipients Plaque, below Harrogate War Memorial:-

Poppies for Remembrance, outside Betty’s Tea Rooms, Harrogate:-

Knaresborough’s  War Memorial is a stone cross surmounting a square pillar on a wider square plinth. It stands in the grounds of Knaresborough Castle on a bluff overlooking the River Nidd.

The Memorial is at the opposite corner of the grassed rectangle here:-

From South. Great War Names:-

From West. Second World War names:-

From north. Great War names:-

From east. Great War names:-

In November we travelled down to Yorkshire.  One of the places we passed through was Boston Spa. Its War Memorial is a stone pillar surmounted by a cross and lies by the  main street through the town:-

Dedications plus World War 2 names:-

Great War Names:-

We passed through Maybole on our trip to Ayrshire. I missed its War Memorial (but subsequently found it is here, just outside the town)

However in the town centre there was this Great War Centenary Figure and installation:-

Mauchline‘s War Memorial is a huge sandstone pillar surmounted by an urn, on a square base.

Dedication (underscored by “While victory shines on life’s fast ebbing sands, O! Who would not die with the brave!”)

World War 2 dedication plus names and Great War names:-

Great War names:-

Great War names plus inclusion for Flying Officer James Douglas Gordon and the RAF motto “Per ardua ad astra.”

(Artificial) Floral Tributes at base of Memorial with flower pots labelled “Lest we forget”:-

In the background to my first photo of the Odeon Cinema in Ayr I noted a War Memorial. At First glance it seemd to be a (Second) Boer War Memorial but it’s a bit more comprehensive than that. It’s dedicated to the Officers, NCOs and men of the Royal Scots Fusiliers who died in the First Boer War, Sudan, Burma, Tirah as well as the Second Boer War.

Reverse view:-

Dedication:-

Names; Burma, Tirah, Second Boer War. The central brass plaque also mentions Blenheim, Oudenarde, Ramillies, Malplaquet, Dettingen, Bladensburg, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol, South Africa 1879, Burma, Tirah, South Africa 1899-1902. :-

Names; Second Boer War:-

Names; South Africa 1879 and Transvaal, Soudan Expedition, the Nile 1884-5:-