Bradford-on-Avon‘s War Memorial is an obelisk standing on a square base with urns at the base’s quarters. It occupies a small green space near the bridge over the Avon at the town’s centre:-

Great War dedication and names Adams-Curtis;-

Great War names, Dagger – White:-

Unveiling dedication:-

World War 2 dedication and names:-

The hotel we stayed at in Bradford-on-Avon was right beside the Kennet and Avon Canal:-

Canal lock at Bradford-on-Avon:-

In operation:-

This was once the lockkeeper’s house:-

We took a stroll along the canal and came upon a World War 2 pillbox:-

This small blue plaque on the pillbox states it was once part of a stop line which in case of invasion was intended to prevent German troops crossing the canal:-

Boer War Memorial Dedication:-

Name plaques:-

Memorial flags including the Chindits:-

World War 2 Roll of Honour, Staffordshire Regiment:-

Memorial, to Burmah Campaign, 1853:-

Sutlej Campaign, 1815/1816, Memorial:-

King’s Bromley (or Kings Bromley, the spelling is apparently variable) in Staffordshire is on the way south from Ashbourne to Lichfield. I spotted its War Memorial as we were passing through.

A granite cross on a stepped square plinth:-

Great War dedication and names:-

Second World War dedication and names:-

Going south last September we passed through the town of Ashbourne in Derbyshire and as a result happened upon its War Memorial, a set of gates under an archway plus a low wall:-

Great War Names respectively, above, to left and right of arch:-

Second World War names are displayed on the extremities of the walls:-

A memorial to those who served is located in a Memorial Garden to rear of the War Memorial:-

Ashford in the Water‘s Great War Memorial lies close to a wall of the parish Church of the Holy Trinity. A granite cross above a plinth displaying the names of the dead:-

The Second World War Memorial is set into the church’s wall:-

In the church grounds I found this War Grave, of a Millitary Medal recipient, Private J Johnson, Hampshire Regiment, 1/8/1918, aged 21.

Ashford in the Water also has a War Memorial Hall, with a statue of a soldier in the foreground:-

Bradwell is a village in the Peak District of Derbyshire. We passed through it on our way to Castleton.

On the way back I stopped to photograph its War Memorial, a Celtic style cross on a stepped tapering square plinth. This face bears the dedication and names for the Great War:-

Side view. World War 2 dedication and names:-

Castleton War Memorial is in the form of a cross with inlaid carvings:-

Side view:-

Great War dedication and names:-

World War 2 dedication and names:-

Two cairns nearby surmounted by rectangular pillars contain the Roll of Honour of those from Castleton who served :-

Hope is a village in the High Peak of Derbyshire. We passed through it on our trip down south last year.

Its War Memorial is in the form of a tapering square pillar. It was erected in gratitude to those who served in the Great War. The dedication includes the villages of Aston, Thornhill, Brough and Shatton along with the names of men who died. There is an additional cartouche for the Second World War dead:-

Names for Hope men who served in the Great War :-

Similarly, names for Aston, for Brough & Shatton and for Thornhill:-

Chapel-en-le-Frith is a town in Derbyshire. It lies off the A6 about seven miles north of Buxton. Its War Memorial is a square broad pillar/column with corner abutments and a domed top, by the B 5740 through the town.

From road :-

West aspect. Erected 1919 to record the honoured names of the men from the parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith who served in the Great War.

A + beside the name denotes the dead. World War 2 names were added later.

North aspect:-

East aspect:-