Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 3 January 2024
I didn’t spot a War Memorial in Kinloss, despite the many war graves, however less than two miles along the coast at Findhorn, this one stands at a road junction at the entrance to the village:-

A stone obelisk on a square base at road junction on entrance to the village. Sheathed cavalry sword and wreath on front face. The dedication reads, “In honoured memory of the brave men from Kinloss parish who fell in the Great War.” Along with Great War names, the names of Second World War dead appear on two of the other faces:-


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Posted in Trips, War Graves at 12:00 on 28 December 2023
Kinloss ws the site of an RAF base from 1939 onwards. In 2012 the RAF moved out and the site became a barracks for the Army.
Part of the Kinloss Abbey grounds became a burial ground for war dead. There was already a grave there of a Great War casualty (Lieutenant Percy Strickland, HMS Dublin, 31/5/1916, aged 27.) The remainder are RAF, RCAF, RAAF or RNZAF casualties from World War 2.
There are in total 73 war graves at the site.
Kinloss Abbey ruins and some of the war graves:-

Since there are more than thirty graves the site has a Cross of Sacrifice:-

Reverse view:-

Another set of war graves lies to the right of the above photo; seen here from the Abbey ruin above:-

Reverse view:-

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