The Great War Graves in Jeanfield and Wellshill Cemetery, Perth, can be found scattered through it, mostly in its older parts.

Boy A A Cowper, RAF, 24/11/1918, aged 17:-

Private J F Michie, Highland Cyclist Battalion, 27/12/1916:-

Private J Macdonald, 31st Battalion Canadian Infantry, 24/1/0/1916, aged 28:-

Canadian Great War Grave. Private J Heron, 52nd Battalion Canadian Infantry, 4/10/1916, aged 33:-

Private W J Martin, The Black Watch, 17/8/1915, aged 53. It’s unusual even in a cemetery in the UK (overseas it would I suspect be impossible) to have other members of the deceased’s family commemorated at the same burial site:-

“Buried in this cemetery” Fireman J King, MMR, HMS No 12, 30/7/1915:-

Private T Birch, The Black Watch, 24/10/1917, aged 18. This also designates the resting place of “His Father, Thomas Birch.” (Same burial site commemoration is not unique then, even in this cemetery.)

Private J Lumsden, The Black Watch, 9/4/1919, aged 31:-

Private H Kennedy, The Black Watch, 31/1/01914:-

Private Andrew Muckersie, Highland Light Infantry, 31/8/1918, aged 37:-

Private D Whyte, 5th Reserve Regiment of Cavalry, 13/4/1915, aged 25:-

A dual commemoration. Lance Corporal A Gray, Gordon Highlanders, 11/10/1915, aged 19. Private T McColl, Gordon Highlanders, 26/3/1915. Commonwealth war dead headstones with more than one name are fairly common in Belgium and France, less so in the UK:-

Private A Rodger, The Black Watch, 7/11/1918, aged 21:-

Driver P Hodge Royal Field Artillery, 18/12/1919, aged 26:-

Private J Campbell, Royal Army Service Corps, 20/9/1919:-

Private C S Robertson, Army Service Corps, 13/11/1918, aged 38:-

Four of the individual war graves in Jeanfield and Wellshill Cemetery commemorate World War 2 dead.

Serjeant J Walker, Royal Engineers, 23/1/0/1944, aged 28:-

Private J Logan, The Black Watch, 24/8/1944, aged 42:-

Private H Clark, Royal Army Service Corps, 12/11/1942, aged 32. Another inscription tells us that Private H Clark’s nephew, John Macdonald, of HMS ‘Matabele’ was lost at sea 17/1/1942, aged 20:-

Flight Sergeant J B Forbes, Air Gunner, RAF, 1/2/1946, aged 33:-

Not far up from the Polish War Graves in Jeanfield and Wellshill Cemetery, Perth, lies a cluster of Commonwealth War Graves most of which mark Second World War deaths. There are at least 21 more individual war graves scattered through the cemetery.

Eight Graves (for the two behind see below):-

Four graves (the two behind can be seen below):-

Four more headstones:-

Three Second World War graves at right angles to the four above:-

One of these below died post-war. M Hislop, Auxiliary Territiorial Service, 12/1/1948, aged 29. The other was also in the Auxiliary Territiorial Service. Volunteer C MacLeod, 30/4/1941, aged 25:-

H D Barrie, Cabin Boy, Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ship “Demeter”, 1/11/1947, aged 21, again died post-war. Private J Macdonald, The BLack Watch, 10/2/1916 died during the Great War:-

There is a large part of Jeanfield and Wellshill Cemetery, Perth, given over to graves of Polish people whom I presume came to Britain in 1939 after Poland was overrun by Nazi Germany (and the USSR.)and their descendants.

This grave is of a former artilleryman in the Polish Army, Eddie Sylwester Nowak, 1912 – 2014:-

Wider view of Polish graves:-

Looking back down to Polish Memorial. Some Commonwealth War Graves are in the foreground here:-

A large section of Jeanfield and Wellshill Cemetery, Perth, is given over to graves of people from Poland (most of whom presumably came over to fight in World War 2) and their descendants.

This grave is of a former artilleryman in the Polish Army, Eddie Sylwester Nowak, 1912 – 2014:-

General view of Polish section:-

Looking back downhill towards the Memorial to te Polish war dead. (Some Commonwealth War Graves are in the foreground here):-

Memorial and Dedication stone behind:-

Lower section:-

Looking east:-

From memorial stone:-

A few graves were in smaller groupings:-

B M P Pawłowski, 28/7/1946, aged 53 and W Kowłowski, 14/9/1946, aged 48:-

RTM Z Cuzek, 6/3/1947, aged 57, Captain J Kopeć, 21/4/1947 aged 53, Lt-Colonel L A Beldowski, 11/9/1947 aged 48:-

Two sets of seven Polish War Graves. The three plots to the right all contain two burials:-

Two sets of eight Polish War Graves, Again two burials per plot:-

Jeanfield and Wellshill Cemetery, Perth, contains over 350 burials of Polish nationals who died in the 1939-1945 war.

Cemetery gates from the inside:-

Polish War Graves sign by gates:-

Memorial Stone and Dedication, “Eternal Glory to the Polish soldiers who died in 1939-1945 for our freedom and yours.” (alos rendered in Polish.)

Information Board:-

Polish War Graves in setting:-