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Turreted Building with a Memorial Plaque, Comrie

On the opposite side of the B 827 to Comrie’s War Memorial is this turreted building:-

Turreted Building, Comrie

The building corners on to a street called Field of Refuge:-

Comrie, Turreted Building

The plaque seen hereĀ  just above the lamppost has the inscription, “In Memoriam, 1914 1918”:-

Memorial Plaque Turreted Building, Comrie

 

Comrie War Memorial

Comrie‘s War Memorial is a plain Celtic Cross on a square tapering base set in a memorial garden just south of the River Earn off the B 827.

Comrie War Memorial

Dedication. Great War Names on main cartouche, Second World War names below. The lowest wording says, “Mighty by Scarifice.”:-

War Memorial, Comrie, Dedication

More Great War nNames are given on the Memorial’s sides:-

Great War Names, Comrie War Memorial

Along with more Second World War names:-

War Memorial, Comrie, Great War Names

Just to the side is a commemoration of a VC recipient, Second Lieutenant John Craig, Royal Scots Fusiliers, 5/6/1917:-

VC Commemoration By Comrie War Memorial

Crieff War Memorial

Crieff is a town in Perth and Kinross, almost 18 miles due west of Perth.

Its War Memorial is a stone cross on a hexagonal column above a hexagonal base situated on a triangle of land by the A 85 beyond the east end of the High Street.

Crieff War Memorial

Circumscribing the stone above where the name plaques are is inscribed, “In proud and grateful memory of those who fell in the Great Wars 1914-1918 1939 1945.”

Names for Great War, Korean War and Malaya:-

Crieff War Memorial, Names for Great War, Korean War and Malaya

Great War name plaques:-

Name Plaques, Crieff War Memorial 3

Names for World Wars 1 and 2:-

Crieff War Memorial, Names for World Wars 1 and 2

World War 2 name plate:-

Crieff War Memorial, Second World War Names

War Graves, Haddington

These were in St Mary’s Collegiate Church yard.

Serjeant A Runciman, Royal Scots, 15/8/1915, aged 37:-

War Grave, Haddington

Military Medal recipient Serjeant J H V Suffill, HLI, 14/2/1919, aged 22:-

Haddington War Grave

Sapper J B Cranston, Royal Engineers, 13/5/1916, aged 28:-

aGrave 5

The grave of Colour Sergeant L H Hardie, Royal Scots, 28/5/1972, aged 39, being a non-war death, has an amended version of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone with a notch cut either side of the top:-

Post-war Grave, Haddington

Another grave had a dedication to Flying Officer James Hubert Craig, RAF, 28/3/1946,in Burma aged 24. Buried in Rangoon:-

Military Dedication, Haddingto

Haddington War Memorial

Haddington War Memorial lies in the grounds of St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Haddington, East Lothian.

Its War Memorial is an embellished stone cross on a tapering column above a square base.

The first picture has St Mary’s Church in the background:-

Haddington War Memorial

Great War Dedication (plus some names for World War 1):-

Great War Dedication, Haddington  War Memorial

Second World War Dedication and names:-

Second World War Dedication, Haddington War Memorial

More Great War names:-

Great War Names, Haddington War Memorial

War Memorial, Hadduington, Great War Names

Great War Names, War Memorial, Haddington

Additional World War 2 names:-

Haddington War Memorial, Great War Names

Second World War Names, Haddington War Memorial 8

 

 

 

Houndwood War Memorial

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.

Houndwood War Memorial

Callander War Memorial

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:-

Callander War Memorial

Closer view:-

Callander War Memorial

Great War dedication:-

Great War Dedication, Callander War Memorial

World War 2 dedication and names:-

Callander War Memorial Second World War Dedication and Names

Side view:-

War Memorial, Callander

Great War Names:-

Great War Names, Callander War Memorial

Callander War Memorial Great War Names

Callander War Memorial, Great War Names

Wetherby

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

Memorial:-

War Memorial, Wetherby

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

 

Great War Dedication and Name Plaques, War Memorial, Wetherby

Wetherby War Memorial

World War 2 Dedication and name plaques:-

World War 2 Dedication and Name Plaques, Wetherby War Memorial

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:-

Weir on River Wharfe at Wetherby

 

 

Tadcaster War Memorial

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:-

Tadcaster War Memorial

Memorial from side, showing carvings:-

War Memorial, Tadcaster

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:-

Tadcaster War Memorial Dedications and Name Plaques

More name plaques:-

Name Plaques, War Memorial, Tadcaster

Tadcaster War Memorial Dedications and Name Plaques

War Memorial, Tadcaster, Name Plaques

Great War Name Plaques, War Memorial, Tadcaster

Garden of Remembrance, Tadcaster War Memorial:-

Garden of Remembrance, Tadcaster War Memorial

Carvings:-

Carving, Tadcaster War Memorial

War Memorial, Tadcaster, Carvings.

Tadcaster War Memorial Carvings

Harrogate War Memorial

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.

War Memorial, Harrogate

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

Dedication, Harrogate War Memorial

Side views:-

Harrogate War Memorial

War Memorial, Harrogate

Frieze of bugler:-

Frieze, Harrogate War Memorial

Frieze of Victory:-

Harrogate War Memorial Frieze

Great War Names:-

Harrogate War Memorial, Great War Names

Names for both World Wars:-

Harrogate War Memorial, Names

Poppy Crosses by Harrogate War Memorial:-

Poppy Crosses by Harrogate War Memorial

VC Recipients Plaque, below Harrogate War Memorial:-

VC Recipients Plaque, Harrogate War Memorial

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

Poppies for Remembrance, Harrogate

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