For Remembrance Day.

In 2017 we attended the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate, Ypres (Ieper,) for the second time.

First set of bugle calls:-

Flag lowering:-

End of Ceremony bugle calls:-

Thornhill is a village in Stirlingshire.

Its war memorial, dedicated to the men of the Parish of Norrieston, stands on the corner of Main Street and Kippen Road.

Reverse view:-

Dedication plaques:-

In the background of my first photo of Braemar’s War Memorial can be seen another memorial which features an aircraft engine:-

This is from a Vickers Wellington aircraft which crashed near Braemar in poor weather on 19/1/1942. All 8 crewmen died.
The memorial is dedicated to them and to all othe aircrew who died in the Cairngorms:-

Lower plaque, dedication to those Commonwealth aircrew who lost their lives over the Cairngorm mountains:-

A Celtic Cross sited near the Clunie Water:-

Closer view:-

Dedication and names:-

By the time we got to Balmoral it was far too late in the day for a visit. So we just scouted the outside.

Gates to Balmoral Estate. With monograms GR for George V and MR for Queen Mary:-

On the appraoch road from the car park lies a War Memorial unveiled by King George V in 1922.

Note the swastikas (or fylfots) at base of the inscription. These are in a different orientation to the later German swastikas and were good luck symbols.
The names on the upper block are of Balmoral estate employees, the lower ones are for men from the nearby village of Crathie.

Dedication plaque:-

Bridge Street, Ballater, showing War Memorial:-

Ballater, Bridge Street looking towards bridge. The shop on the corner sold very good ice cream:-

Unfortunately I didn’t get to a vantage point to see the bridge itself but I was able to photograph the River Dee from the bridge. Looking east:-

Opposite view, looking west:-

Since we were close to Ballater after leaving Corgarff and I had seen its War Memorial on television when the late Queen’s funeral procession passed through the town I thought I should take the chance to photograph it myself.

It’s a granite cross rising from a wall where the names are inscribed, standing in front of the church on Bridge Street. Unfortunately there was a tractor right behind it that day:-

Dedication and names:-

There was what I assumed was a Great War Centenary bench nearby:-

The War Memorial in Dufftown, Moray, is dedicated to the men of Mortlach. A column surmounted by two figures of victory plus a cross, it is situated off Balvennie Street (the A 941 ) in a memorial garden.

Memorial garden gates with plaques commemorating 1914 -1919 and 1939 – 1945:-

Great War Dedication and some names but other names are obscured by the wreaths:-

Great War names W D Alexander – W C Carden.

Great War names:-J Sandison – R Yeats plus C Stuart and F Kerrin:-

Second World War dedication and names:-

This memorial to the men and women who served at RAF Banff lies beside the A 98 road between Banff and Portsoy.

Main plaque:-

Lower plaque:-

Memorial stone for Number 14 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit which trained 2,136 pilots on twin-engined Airspeed Oxfords at RAF Banff between May 1943 and August 1944:-

Banff, on the Moray coast, is the former county town of the historic county of Banffshire. The War Memorial  is on Castle Street, the main A 98 road through the town. Its form combines an obelisk and a memorial wall:-

Great War Names, William Aitken – Andrew Mair:-

Great War Names, James Mair – Robert Wright:-

World War 2 Names, Peter M Adam – James Mair

World War 2 Names, John Mair – George Wood:-