Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 10:00 on 22 December 2016
Kirkurd War Memorial seems to be in the middle of nowhere sitting by the side of the the A 72/A 70 between Blyth Bridge and Kirkdean by a small junction with an unnumbered road.We’d passsed it innumerable times on our way down south or back up again but only stopped for a photo this May.
This is a view of hills as seen fom the Memorial:-
Only names from the Great War appear on the Memorial:-
Posted in War Memorials at 12:00 on 24 March 2015
This is perhaps the most impressive War Memorial I have ever seen. Set off the High Street through an archway into the pathway to the entrance to the Town Hall this is a distinctive memorial; a domed alcove, with pillars.
The commemorated are not just those from Peebles but from the wider County of Peeblesshire. The plaques either side of the alcove are for WW2. This is for the villages and towns of Peeblesshire.
The plaque to the left is for Peebles and Manor.
A smaller plaque on the upper left commemorates a death in Afghanistan.
The names of the WW1 dead from the villages of Newlands, Skirling, Stobo, Traquair, Tweedsmuir, Walkerburn and West Linton are on the right hand panel inside the alcove.
On the left hand panel inside the alcove the WW1 fallen from Broughton, Drumelzier, Eddleston, Innerleithen, Kirkurd, Lyne & Meggat and Manor are listed.
These villages/towns may have their own War Memorials, some of which I have photographed:
The central panel inside the alcove is for Peebles alone. A huge number of names.
The inner dome, the cross and the tiled mosaic decoration give this an unusual feel, Orthodox or even Moorish.
