Since we were close to Ballater after leaving Corgarff and I had seen its War Memorial on television when the late Queen’s funeral procession passed through the town I thought I should take the chance to photograph it myself.

It’s a granite cross rising from a wall where the names are inscribed, standing in front of the church on Bridge Street. Unfortunately there was a tractor right behind it that day:-

Dedication and names:-

There was what I assumed was a Great War Centenary bench nearby:-

The War Memorial in Dufftown, Moray, is dedicated to the men of Mortlach. A column surmounted by two figures of victory plus a cross, it is situated off Balvennie Street (the A 941 ) in a memorial garden.

Memorial garden gates with plaques commemorating 1914 -1919 and 1939 – 1945:-

Great War Dedication and some names but other names are obscured by the wreaths:-

Great War names W D Alexander – W C Carden.

Great War names:-J Sandison – R Yeats plus C Stuart and F Kerrin:-

Second World War dedication and names:-

We’d bypassed Craigellachie itself on our trip north in 2023, though I did photograph Thomas Telford’s bridge there.

On our way back down last July I actually stopped in the village to photograph its War Memorial which is a tapering pillar on a square plinth with rounded pediment; the whole surmounted by a cross. It’s beside the main A 95 road through Craigellachie village. The pillar seems a tiny bit squint in this view.

Great War dedication and names:-

Second World War dedication and names:-

A supplementary stone on the ground by the mian memorial is dedicated to Lance Corporal Norman J Duncan, Royal Corps of Transport, 22/2/1989, Northern Ireland:-

This memorial to the men and women who served at RAF Banff lies beside the A 98 road between Banff and Portsoy.

Main plaque:-

Lower plaque:-

Memorial stone for Number 14 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit which trained 2,136 pilots on twin-engined Airspeed Oxfords at RAF Banff between May 1943 and August 1944:-

Banff, on the Moray coast, is the former county town of the historic county of Banffshire. The War Memorial  is on Castle Street, the main A 98 road through the town. Its form combines an obelisk and a memorial wall:-

Great War Names, William Aitken – Andrew Mair:-

Great War Names, James Mair – Robert Wright:-

World War 2 Names, Peter M Adam – James Mair

World War 2 Names, John Mair – George Wood:-

Duff House was bombed in 1940 and the extension to the right of the house as you look at the entrance was badly damaged.

Unfortunately eight men, two Britons and six German POWs from the Kriegsmarine held at Duff House at the time were killed.

A memorial to them and to those wounded at the same time lies just to the east of the house:-

Memorial plaque:-

Duff House is a stately home in Banffshire, designed by William Adam.

Frontage:-

East aspect (to right above) There was an extension here but it got bombed during World War 2:-

West aspect:-

A model is of the house as originally conceived is inside:-

Boer War Veterans Memorial, commemorates those who served in the Second Boer War, aka the South African War. Pittodrie Stadium in background:-

Memorial to those who left their bodies for Scientific Research:-

Cross commemorating victims of a German air attack on a fishing vessel, 1939:-

Royal British Legion Commemoration Stone:

Memorial to Great War Naval Losses:-

Private G H R Bell, Gordon Highlanders, 19/2/1940. Private W Pake, Gordon Highlanders, 29/10/1940, aged 57. Private J Mitchell, Pioneer Corps, 7/11/1940:-

Private F A Dorkes, Royal Scots, 16/5/1942, aged 20. Private G Duncan, Pioneer Corps, 21/8/1942:-

Six graves:-

Seven graves:-

Six more graves:-

Another six:-

Five war graves:-

Again six:-

To left; W A Barclay, Gordon Highlanders, 13/9/1964, aged 48. Private R A Rae, Gordon Highlanders, November 1940. To right; Driver A Gilhooley, RASC, 29/12/1939:-

Two post-World War 2 graves. Trooper H Caie, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, 24/8/1972, aged 19. Lance Corporal W A McIntyre, Queen’s Own Highlanders, 11/9/1972, aged 23:-

Great War Memorial, St Machar’s Cathedral:-

Second World War Memorial:-

Boys’ Brigade Memorial:-

Memorial to John Eugene Crombie, Gordon Highlanders, 23/4/1917, died of wounds:-

Memorial to mediaeval poet John Barbour, the father of Scottish literature with his epic poem The Brus, which predates Chaucer. Barbour was an archdeacon in St Machar’s and is buried in the kirk:-

Unfortunately I must have moved the camera when I pressd the shutter here:-

Effigy of Bishop Lintoun:-