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Bradwell War Memorial

Bradwell is a village in the Peak District of Derbyshire. We passed through it on our way to Castleton.

On the way back I stopped to photograph its War Memorial, a Celtic style cross on a stepped tapering square plinth. This face bears the dedication and names for the Great War:-

Bradwell War Memorial

Side view. World War 2 dedication and names:-

Bradwell War Memorial, World War 2 Names

War Memorials, Castleton

Castleton War Memorial is in the form of a cross with inlaid carvings:-

War Memorial, Castleton

Side view:-

Side View, Castleton War Memorial

Great War dedication and names:-

Great War Dedication, Castleton War Memorial

World War 2 dedication and names:-

World War 2 Dedication, Castleton War Memorial

Two cairns nearby surmounted by rectangular pillars contain the Roll of Honour of those from Castleton who served :-

Great War Roll of Honour, 1914, Castleton

Castleton Roll of Honour, 1917, 1918

Hope War Memorial

Hope is a village in the High Peak of Derbyshire. We passed through it on our trip down south last year.

Its War Memorial is in the form of a tapering square pillar. It was erected in gratitude to those who served in the Great War. The dedication includes the villages of Aston, Thornhill, Brough and Shatton along with the names of men who died. There is an additional cartouche for the Second World War dead:-

Hope War Memorial From Distance

Hope War Memorial

Names for Hope men who served in the Great War :-

War Memorial, Hope, Derbyshire

High Peak, Derbyshire, Hope War Memorial

Similarly, names for Aston, for Brough & Shatton and for Thornhill:-

Hope, Derbyshire, War Memorial

 

 

War Memorial, Chapel-en-le-Frith

Chapel-en-le-Frith is a town in Derbyshire. It lies off the A6 about seven miles north of Buxton. Its War Memorial is a square broad pillar/column with corner abutments and a domed top, by the B 5740 through the town.

From road :-

South Aspect, Chapel-en-le-Frith War Memorial

West aspect. Erected 1919 to record the honoured names of the men from the parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith who served in the Great War.

War Memorial, Chapel-en-le-Frith

A + beside the name denotes the dead. World War 2 names were added later.

Close view, South Aspect War Memorial, Chapel-en-le-Frith

North aspect:-

Chapel en le Frith War Memorial

East aspect:-

East Aspect, Chapel-en-le-Frith War Memorial

 

Penrith Boer War Memorial

From Penrith’ s Memorial to the two World Wars it is a very short walk to its Boer War Memorial, within Castle Park. It is in the form of an angel of victory surmounting an embossed square pillar:-

Penrith Boer War Memorial

Closer view:-

Boer War Memorial, Penrith

Names:-

Dedication and Names, Penrith Boer War Memorial

Penrith War Memorial

Penrith’s main War Memorial is in the form of an archway acting as a gateway to Castle Park, Penrith. (There is a Great War Memorial in the grounds of St Andrew’s Church.)

Penrith War Memorial

The larger Memorial above is directly across the road from Penith Railway Station which can be seen in the background in this reverse view:-

Reverse, Penrith War Memorial

The name plaques are on the walls of the two alcoves within:-

War Memorial, Penrith, Alcove

Great War Dedication and names C J Adam – T Main:-

Penrith War Memorial, Great War Dedication and Names

Great War Dedication and names T Mallinson – T Workman:-

Great War Dedication and Names, Penrith War Memorial

Second World War Dedication and names:-

Second World War Dedication and Names, Penrith War Memorial

 

Blackness War Memorial

The village of Blackness‘s War Memorial lies on a turning on the A 903 down from the main A 904 road into Bo’ness just before the approach to Blackness Castle. Blackness originally served as a port for Linlithgow, when Scottish monarchs used Linlithgow Palace as a main residence.

Blackness War Memorial and Church

It’s a square slightly stepped granite pillar on a square base.

Blackness War Memorial

Dedication and names. Eight for the Great War, two (below) for World War 2:-

Dedications and Names, Blackness War Memorial

 

Winchburgh War Memorial

Winchburgh is a village in West Lothian.

Its War Memorial (for Winchburgh and Niddry)  is an unusual one in that it bears a statue of a drummer boy. The statue sits atop a stone cairn on a circular plinth. It seems to have been erected in 2000 (see link above.)

Winchburgh War Memorial

War Memorial, Winchburgh

Dedications. The lower plaque contains names indentified later than in the plaque above:-

Dedications, Winchburgh War Memorial

 

 

War Graves, St Martin’s Cemetery, Haddington

Just across the road from St Martin’s Kirk and towards Haddington town centre lies St Martin’s Cemetery. It had the Commonwealth War Graves sign on it.

On entering I immediately saw the Cross of Sacrifice, which means there are at least 30 war graves within. In fact there are 48.  All for the Second World War .

View of Cross of Sacrifice, St Martin's Cemetery, Haddington

Cross of Sacrifice, St Martin's Cemetery, Haddington

Flight Sergeant M J Turner, RAAF, 12/8/1944, aged 27, Flight Sergeant J H Barnes, Navigator, RAF, 15/4/1945, aged 28, Flight Sergeant R H Pye, RAAF, 12/8/1944, aged 19, Flying Officer R E Wiliams, Navigator, RCAF, 20/4/1945, aged 20.

4 War Graves, St Martin's Cemetery, Haddington,

Flying Officer H K L Rice, Pilot, RNZAF, 3/5/1945, aged 21, Sergeant W Gourlay, Rear Gunner, RAF, 20/4/1945, aged 22, Flying Officer H A Smith, U/T Pilot, RAF, 21/6/1945, aged 21.

3 War Graves, Haddington, St Martin's Cemetery

Larger group of graves:-

Group of War Graves,St Martin's Cemetery, Haddington

Some graves were set out singly.

Gunner A Stewart, Royal Artillery, 13/1/1942, aged 37.

War Grave, St Martin's Cemetery, Haddington

Private R Burgoyne, The Sherwood Foresters, 7/10/1940, aged 26.

Haddington, St Martin's Cemetery, War Grave

Captain C S H Wilson, Highland Light Infantry, 13/12/1942, aged 27.

St Martin's Cemetery, Haddington, War Grave

Serjeant A J Macdonald, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineeers, 23/1/0/1944, aged 30.

War Grave, St Martin's Cemetery, Haddington 7

There were also two gravestone dedications to war dead.

Frank Turner, died on active service in Burma, 7/6/1942, aged 30.

War Dedication,War Dedication, St Martin's Cemetery, Haddington

Norman Begg Morrison, killed in action, 7/9/1941, aged 19, interred Western Cemetery, Oslo.

St Martin's Cemetery, Haddington, War Dedication

Kilchoan War Memorial

This one is courtesy of my younger son. Kilchoan is in the Ardnamurchan peninsula. It’s the most westerly village in the UK.

I have never been there. He has though, and knowing my habit for photographing War Memorials kindly took this shot and sent it to me:-

Kilchoan War Memorial

This aspect shows names for the Great War. Names for the Second World War are on the right hand side of the Memorial.

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