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Wells War Memorial

The War Memorial for the city of Wells in Somerset is in the grounds of St Cuthbert’s Church, on St Cuthbert’s Street. It has the form of a pillar surmounted by a lantern cross with bronze figures set on a square plinth above an octagonal base.

War Memorial, Wells

The Great War names are in square panels on the plinth. World War 2 names have been inscribed between the first and second octagonal steps:-

War Memorial in Wells

Wells War Memorial

Wells War Memorial, at St Cuthbert's Church

War Memorials, Wells Cathedral

Boer War Memorial:-

Boer War Memorial

Great War Memorial to Somerset freemasons. I don’t recall ever seeing a memorial to freemasons before:-

Somerset Freemasons Great War Memorial, Wells Cathedral

To Herbert Robert Charles Tudway, Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards, died 18/11/1914 aged 26:-

Great War Memorial Plaque, Wells Cathedral

To those who served in the Somerset Light Infantry:-

Somerset Light Infantry Plaque "To Those Who Served," in Wells Cathedral

Roll of Honour, Somerset:-

Roll of Honour, Wells Cathedral

Book of Remembrance pages. The book enumerates all Somerset natives who died in the Great War:-

Book of Remembrance Pages, Wells Cathedral

Book of Remembrance pages for Bath:-

Pages in Book of Remembrance, Wells Cathedral

Somerset Light Infantry Battle Honours and names:-

Somerset Light Infantry Battle Honours, Wells Cathedral,

Names on Somerset Light Infantry Battle Honours in Wells Cathedral

 

Duhallow War Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium (ii)

Today is Armistice Day, which ended the hostilities of the Great War 106 years ago.

I posted some photos of Duhallow War Cemetery yesterday but today I’m concentrating on the Great War dead. Duhallow contains graves of men from several of the armies involved in that conflict.

The next two photos feature pillars which note the men commemorated there were originally buried in other cemeteries which were destroyed in later battles.

Crescent of Headstones; original burials in Fusilier Wood:-

Crescent of Headstones, Duhallow Cemetery, Ypres

Line of Headstones; transferred from Malakoff Farm Cemetery:-

Duhallow Cemetery, Ypres, Line of Headstones

I presumed these markers denoted the graves of brothers Privates W & A Barr, Seaforth Highlanders, 9/1/1918:-

Graves of Brothers, Duhallow War Cemetery, Ypres

I found two French graves.

Jules Viard and Jean Carret, both mort pour la France, 24/10/1918:-

A French Grave, Duhallow Cemetery, Ypres

Duhallow Cemetery, Ypres, French Grave 2

And a Belgian grave, of Antoine Vandegam, died 19/10/1918. The photo also shows the graves of Sapper, J Rooney, RE, October, 1918 aged 25 and Serjeant P Hackett, Leinster Regiment, 18/10/1918:-

A Belgian Grave, Duhallow Cemetery, Ypres

Star of David headstone for Private S Margolis, Labour Corps, 9/1/1918, aged 24, flanked by Private P Montague, Seaforth Highlanders, 9/1/1918 and Private W Middleton, Seaforth Highlanders, 9/1/1918:-

Star of David Headstone, Duhallow War Cemtery, Ypres

Two Germans; Curt Hoyer, Grenadier, 16/10/1918 and Johann Hobelsberger, Private, date of death obscured:-

A German Grave, Duhallow War Cemetery, Ypres

The front row below is for other German war dead:-

German Graves, Duhallow War Cemetery, Ypres

 

Duhallow War Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium (i)

For Remembrance Day.

Duhallow is one of the many War Cemeteries you come upon in and around Ypres (Ieper) in Belgium. It lies beside the Diksmuidseweg on theĀ  road designated N369 leading more or less north out of Ypres. In it there lie the remains of 1544 Commonwealth casualties plus 57 graves of other nationalities.

Cemetery from road:-

Duhallow Cemetery, Ypres, from Road

View from gates:-

Gates, Duhallow War Cemetery, Ypres+

Graves:-

Graves, Duhallow Cemetery, Ypres

Duhallow Cemetery, Ypres, Graves 2

One of the graves is of a Second World War soldier, Private D Morrell, Durham Light Infantry, who died on 29/5/1940, aged 21:-

WW2 Grave, Duhallow Cemetery, Ypres

 

 

 

Bath War Memorial

Bath’s War Memorial lies just down from the Royal Crescent at the junction of Royal Avenue and Queen’s Parade Place. It takes the form of a memorial wall with a Cross of Sacrifice before it:-

Bath War Memorial

The inscription on the cross reads:-

Bath War Memorial Inscription

To the left of the memorial is a plaque in memory of those who died in air raids on the city:-

Bath War Memorial Civilian Deaths

The first plaques on the left of the memorial wall are a Great War addendum plus a dedication to Forces, Civil Defence and Special PCs:-

Bath War Memorial

Continuing from left to right are the Great War Names:-

War Memorial, Bath Great War Names

The Great War Dedication, “They died for us, men of Bath who fell in the Great War 1914-1918” lies above the name plaques:-

Bath War Memorial Great War Dedication/

Middle Great War plaque (World War 2 dedication below):-

War Memorial, Bath

Final Great War plaque:-

War Memorial, Bath, Great War Names

Second World War Names:-

War Memorial Bath, Second World War Names

World War 2 Names, Bath War Memorial

War Memorial, Bath, World War 2 Names

Plaque to civilians and Service personnel:-

Bath War Memorial, World War 2 Dedication to Civilians and Service Personnel

Post 1945 dedication and names:-

Bath War Memorial, Post 1945 Dedication and Names

Bradford-on-Avon War Memorial

Bradford-on-Avon‘s War Memorial is an obelisk standing on a square base with urns at the base’s quarters. It occupies a small green space near the bridge over the Avon at the town’s centre:-

Bradford-on-Avon War Memorial

Great War dedication and names Adams-Curtis;-

On War Memorial, Bradford-on-Avon,

Great War names, Dagger – White:-

War Memorial Plaque Bradford-on-Avon

Unveiling dedication:-

Unveiling Dedication, Bradford-on-Avon War Memorial 4

World War 2 dedication and names:-

World War 2 Dedication and Names, Bradford-on-Avon War Memorial

War Memorials, Lichfield Cathedral

 

Boer War Memorial Dedication:-

Lichfield Cathedral, Boer War Memorial Dedication

Name plaques:-

Boer War Memorial Plaque, Lichfield Cathedral

Lichfield Cathedral, Boer War Memorial Plaque

Memorial flags including the Chindits:-

Memorial Flags, Lichfield Cathedral

World War 2 Roll of Honour, Staffordshire Regiment:-

world War 2 Roll of Honour, Lichfield Cathedral

Memorial, to Burmah Campaign, 1853:-

Burmah Campaign 1853 Memorial, Lichfield Cathedral

Sutlej Campaign, 1815/1816, Memorial:-

Sutlej Campaign memorial, Lichfield Cathedral

 

King’s Bromley War Memorial

King’s Bromley (or Kings Bromley, the spelling is apparently variable) in Staffordshire is on the way south from Ashbourne to Lichfield. I spotted its War Memorial as we were passing through.

A granite cross on a stepped square plinth:-

King's Bromley War Memorial

Great War dedication and names:-

Great War Names King's Bromley War Memorial

Second World War dedication and names:-

King's Bromley, War Memorial, Second World War Names

 

Ashbourne War Memorial

Going south last September we passed through the town of Ashbourne in Derbyshire and as a result happened upon its War Memorial, a set of gates under an archway plus a low wall:-

Ashbourne War Memorial

Great War Names respectively, above, to left and right of arch:-

Great War Names, Ashbourne War  Memorial 4

Ashbourne War  Memorial, Great War Names

Second World War names are displayed on the extremities of the walls:-

Ashbourne War  Memorial Second World War Names

Second World War Names Ashbourne War Memorial

A memorial to those who served is located in a Memorial Garden to rear of the War Memorial:-

War Memorial, Ashbourne

 

Ashford in the Water, War Memorials and War Grave

Ashford in the Water‘s Great War Memorial lies close to a wall of the parish Church of the Holy Trinity. A granite cross above a plinth displaying the names of the dead:-

War  Memorial, Ashford in the Water

The Second World War Memorial is set into the church’s wall:-

World War 2 Memorial, Ashford in the Water

In the church grounds I found this War Grave, of a Millitary Medal recipient, Private J Johnson, Hampshire Regiment, 1/8/1918, aged 21.

War  Grave, Ashford in the Water

Ashford in the Water also has a War Memorial Hall, with a statue of a soldier in the foreground:-

War  Memorial Hall, Ashford in the Water

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