Buchlyvie is a village on the A 811 between Balloch, at the foot of Loch Lomond, and Stirling. Its War Memorial is at the eastern end of the main street in a small enclosed space.

Below the granite cross surmounting the memorial is a wreath enclosing the dates “1914 1919” and covering a sword crossed with a rifle.

Then the inscription, “In honoured memory of the men of Buchlyvie and District who fell in the war,” followed by 24 names.

Lower inscription, “Greater love hath no man than this; that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

Lower addition: “World War 1939 1945,” surrounds the two names David Duff and William Irvine.

This memorial stands above Princes Street Gardens, to the south side of Princes Street, Edinburgh, and was originally erected to commemorate the men of the Royal Scots Greys who died in the Boer War, 1899-1902.

Dedication plaques facing Princes Street. The top one is the commemmoration of the dead of the Boer War (the Second Boer War, aka the South African War.) The lower plaque is to the Scots Greys fallen of the Second World War.

There are further dedication plaques on the western and eastern faces of the monument. The upper plaque here names privates of the Royal Scots Greys who died in the Great War. The lower states, “This memorial was erected in 1906 in memory of the Royal Scots Greys who gave thier lives in South Africa during the Boer War 1899 -1902. Tablets were added after the First World War 1914 to 1918 and after the Second World War 1939 to 1945. In 1971 the Royal Scots Greys amalgamated with the 3rd Carabiniers to form the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys.)”

Here the upper plaque names officers, NCOs and men who died in the Great War. The lower plaque commemorates the dead of conficts since 1945; in Korea, Northern Ireland and Iraq.

Wojtek was the mascot of a Polish Division which fought for the Allies during World War 2.

The inscription on the panel reads, “Wojtek. In memory of the Polish men and Women who fought ‘For Your Freedom and Ours.'”

Falkland is a village in Fife, Scotland, about three miles away from Son of the Rock Acres. I featured its main War Memorial here. This one – due to the smaller number of names – must be only for members (or attendees) of the Parish Church.

Central Panel:- “To the glory of God and in memory of those who gave their lives for their country in the Great War, 1914-18.”

Side panels:- “1939-1945”

Alness is a town in Easter Ross and Cromarty about three miles from Invergordon.

Its War Memorial lies at the end of the High Street at its junction with Obsdale Road.

It’s unusual for a War Memorial to be constructed from red sandstone as this one is. The shape of the curved base is also uncommon.

The inscription on the column reads, “The Great War 1914-1918. This stone commemorates the men of Alness and West Rosskeen who at their country’s call went forth to defend their homes and empire, endured untold sufferings and passed from the sight of men by the path of duty and sacrifice.”

And on the base, above the names, “Their dust is in the deserts and the deep sea and yet triumphant o’er the grave their spirits never sleep but guard the freedom which they died to save.”

View from east, Great War names on curved base, Second World War names on plinth below:-

From west. Again Great War names on curved base, Second World War names on plinth below:-

Invergordon is a town on the Cromarty Firth in Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty, in the Highland region of Scotland. In 1931 it was the scene of a naval mutiny, one of the few in British history.

Its War Memorial stands at the north end of the main street and is a tapering square column inscribed at the base, “1914-1918. To the glory of God and in memory of our gallant dead. Their name liveth for evermore.”

View from east showing full column:-

Great War names are on the column. The base here, on the east side, is inscribed “1939-1945” with names below:-

West side. Great War names on column, Second World War names on base:-

Brora is another village in East Sutherland, Scotland.

Like Helmsdale its War Memorial is another clock tower, this time castellated, and which lies right beside the A 9 as it passes through the village.

From north west:-

From south west:-

Dedication: “To the glory of God and in proud and affectionate memory of our gallant dead,” and below, “Their dust is in the desert and the deep, and yet triumphant they never sleep, but guard the freedom which they died to save.” Below again, the bottom cartouche names Second World War dead and a third plaque to the left commemorates a casualty from the Gulf War, Sgt Donald Bruce Kinnear, Royal Army Pay Corps, 27/1/1991.

Helmsdale is a small fishing port on the coast of Sutherland, north Scotland.

Its War Memorial is a tower with clock inset set prominently on a hill overlooking the town.

Memorial from access road:-

From pedestrian path leading up from the access road:-

The memorial on its prominence:-

The dedications read, on the upper panel, “The Great War 1914 1918.”
Lower panel, “To the glory of God, and in memory of the men of this parish, who gave their lives in the Great War,” and below the names, “They died that we might live.”
To each side is a panel dedicated “1939-1945. Also to the glory of God and in memory of those of this parish who gave their lives in the Second World War.”

This memorial is situated just off the A 9 at Berriedale (almost at the lowest point of the Berriedale Braes, a particularly hair-raising descent to and ascent from a river valley containing the Berriedale Water and the Langwell Water.)

The main aspect of the memorial faces north:-

The photograph below shows the World War 2 dedication. Names on left here are for the Great War, those killed or died of wounds and – unusually – those wounded. The smaller list on right names World War 2 dead and the memorial’s architects are named at the bottom:-

The memorial from the west. In another unusual touch the names on this side of the memorial are of those who served in the Great War (and presumably survived it):-

From west to north to east the pillar is surmountd by the words “Their Name Liveth Evermore” with the theatres of war Palestine, Salonika, France, Belgium, Egypt and Gallipoli, engraved towards the base.

Dedication. “Honor et Gloria. To commemorate the patriotism of the men of Berriedale and Braemore who fought on land and sea some of them giving their lives for their king and country during the Great War 1914-1918 and in thankfulness to God for the victory their valour helped to win”:-

We couldn’t go all the way up to the Pentland Firth and not visit Thurso, the northernmost town on the British mainland.

This bridge over the river Thurso takes you from the east (left in the picture) into the town centre:-

The War Memorial is located in Sir John’s Square. Dedicated to “those from the parish of Thurso who, in the war of 1914-1919 laid down their lives for God and country and the cause of freedom. We thank God on every remembrance of them.” The 1939-1945 plaque lies below the dedication:-

North face. Great War Names:-

West face. Great War names:-

South face. Great War names:-

Detail:-