When I discovered the late Queen’s cortege would be passing within twelve or so miles of my home on its way from Balmoral to Edinburgh I thought this is a bit of history (before her no monarch had died in Scotland since the father of Mary Queen of Scots) so we might as well go and see it. Something to tell the grandkid(s.) It would be the closest I’ll ever get to a reigning sovereign after all.

At first we tried to stand behind a crash barrier by the M 90 near Milnathort, Perth and Kinross, but a policewoman moved us on so we ended up on a motorway bridge. It wasn’t a good vantage point.

I did get a reasonable shot of the cortege approaching (the West Lomond Hill is in the background):-

However the close up I tried to get was too blurry. (The hearse was travelling at speed.)

I hurried to the other side of the bridge to snap this, which ended up very badly focused.

The convoy was actually quite large. This shows its tail end:-

It struck me when I downloaded it off the camera that it was fairly appropriate, though, as she was by that time gone. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor slipping inexorably into history (at 70 miles an hour.)

Kinross Parish Church Memorial Plaque. 1914-19; with 1939-45 added below. This is directly in front of you on the wall as you enter what was the Parish Church and is now a community hall complete with tea-room:-

Kinross’s main War Memorial lies just left of the A 922 as you near the town centre coming from Milnathort. There is an inscription on the paving as you approach it from the main road:-

Full Memorial. Square base and plinth, surmounted by square column and small Celtic Cross:-

East aspect:-

South aspect:-

North aspect:-

West aspect. Inscription for the Great War, lower plaque for World War 2, one for Sarawak 1965:-

Extra inscription for Janet McL Meldrum, ATS, World War 2:-

Milnathort is in the county of Perth and Kinross and lies a mile or so north of Kinross itself.

Its War Memorial lies just off South Street, the main A 922 road south to Kinross, in a garden area which leads to a small park.

From main road:-

Square base with extensions, tapering column, surmounted by globular feature. “In proud and grateful remembrance of the men from this parish who fell”:-

Name plaques for the Great War (above) plus Second World War inscription:-

Name plaques for Second World War:-