Stanley War Memorial is a figure of a Highland soldier standing on a square granite base. It lies in a memorial garden immediately north of St Columba’s Episcopal Church.

Dedications. Upper panel: “1914 Stanley 1919” above “To the glory of god and in memory of our beloved dead,” then “The call to arms was their death knell/For the dear homeland they fought and fell/This sacred shrine stands here to tell. Lest we forget”
Lower panel “Second World War 1939-1945,” followed by World War 2 names.

Great War Names:-

Stanley Mills are the reason why the village of Stanley in Perth and Kinross was built – to house the workers.

The mill is sited right beside the River Tay. This enabled it to make use of the water flow as the Tay never ran dry.

Some of the Mill buildings have been converted to housing but the westernmost is now an exhibition centre run by Historic Environment Scotland to demonstrate the Mills’ history and evolution over the years.

There is a lovely little gatehouse at the entrance to the mill complex:-

Mill buildings:-

From by the River Tay:-

Model of Mill complex and surroundings:-

Mill race:-

Mill race sluice gate:-

Information board. The Northern mill building is no longer present:-

River Tay at Stanley Mill:-

The Tay did freeze though – and the workers made use of the opportunity:-

Stanley is a village in Perth and Kinross, built in the late 1700s to house workers for a local mill.

Old church, now apparently unsafe to approach or enter:-

St Columba’s Episcopal Church. Unusually for Scotland built in wood:-

Memorial to Stanley Mills. Stanley Mills is now a housing complex with an added “visitor experience” run by Historic Environment Scotland.

Stanley is a town in County Durham.

I took a wrong turning there and ended up going down a street called Shield Row where I spotted this memorial in front of Shield Row Community House.

Given the uniforms the figures bear (Great War infantry and Royal Flying Corps) and its fresh look this would seem to be a Great War 100^th anniversary construction.