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Beauly War Memorial

A stone cross above a tapered rectangular column situated on a small hill at the junction of the A 862 and A 831 a mile or so west of Beauly itself.

Beauly War Memorial

World War dedications and names. An inscription states “Parish of Kilmorack” in which parish Beauly lies. There is also a name for 1979, presumably a death in Northern Ireland:-

World War Dedications and Names Beauly War Memorial

 

Resolis War Memorial

The War Memorial for the parish of Resolis lies beside the B 9163 road in Cromarty.

A stone column with carved crossed sword and rifle enclosed by a wreath, all surmounted by an urn:-

Resolis War Memorial

Great War dedication and names:-

Great War Dedication and Names, Resolis War Memorial

Second World War dedication and names:-

Resolis War Memorial , Second World War Dedication and Names

Fortrose War Memorial

Fortrose’s  War Memorial is the entrance arch to the cathedral precincts:-

Fortrose War Memorial

GreatWar dedication and names:-

Names, Fortrose War Memorial

Second World War dedication and names:-

Fortrose War Memorial, Second World War Names

Inverness War Memorial, Addendum

On our trip up north last year we stayed a few nights in Inverness. At the War Memorial I noticed a few changes since I had first photographed it in 2018.

The Edith Cavell gardens are now more open:-

Cavell Memorial at Inverness War Memorial

Flower bed with Gaelic inscription stone. This translates as Field of Remembrance:-

Flower Bed at Inverness War Memorial

There was now a ‘ghost’ soldier:-

Ghost Soldier at Inverness War Memorial

Plus three memorial benches.

Two for the Great War:-

War Memorial Bench, Inverness

Inverness, Great War Memorial Bench

And one for 1939-1945:-

Second World War Memorial Bench, Inverness


 

Kingussie War Memorial

Kingussie War Memorial with Indian Memorial to left:-

War Memorial, Kingussie

The memorial is a celtic cross on a tapering pillar atop a square base:-

Kingussie War Memorial

Dedication:-

Dedication, Kingussie War Memorial

Great War names:-

Kingussie War Memorial, Great War Names

Great War Names, Kingussie War Memorial

Second World War names:-

Kingussie War Memorial, Second World War Names

Nearby Memorial Bench to Great War dead:-

Great War Memorial Bench, Kingussie

Indian Memorial, Kingussie

From Blair Atholl we continued north up the A 9 and took a slight detour into Kingussie.

In a green area to the east of the road through the town lie two War Memorials.

The first I came across was unusual, being particular to Kingussie.

Built of stone it is a memorial to the dead of Force K6, the Indian Contingent, Royal Indian Army Service Corps 14 of whom are buried in Scotland, nine of them in Kingussie Cemetery.

Indian Memorial, Kingussie

Side view:-

Kingussie Indian Memorial, Side View

Information board on the Indian Contingent:-

Indian Contingent Information, Kingussie

Information board about the Indian army which was the biggest volunteer Army ever recruited, over 2.5 million men:-

Indian Army Information, Kingussie

Blair Atholl War Memorial

In the way north from Killiecrankie we passed through Blair Atholl and I spotted its War Memorial.

Of course I stopped to photograph it.

A Stone of Remebrance inscribed 1914 – 1918, with memorial plaques on a wall behind:-

Blair Atholl War Memorial

Great War Names:-

Great War Names, Blair Atholl War Memorial 2

Blair Atholl War Memorial, Great War Names

Second World War Names:-

aSecond World War Names, Blair Atholl War Memorial

Cleadon War Memorial Plus

Cleadon is a village in South Tyneside, just north of Whitburn where a friend of ours lives.

We had never actually stopped in Cleadon – apart from to buy petrol once – until Oct 2024.

While stopping to photograph Cleadon’s War Memorial I spotted this minor Art Deco building:-

Maybe Art  Deco

Cleadon War Memorial is a stone pillar on a pedestal. Details of the memorial are on this website.

View from side:-

Cleadon War Memorial From Side

 

Names of Great War dead and those who served:-

Cleadon War Memorial Names

Second World War names:-

War Memorial Plaque, Cleadon

Dedication:- In memory of those young men and women from Cleadon Cottage Homes who served
during the World Wars 1914-1919 1939-1945.
“They that put aside today
All the joys of their today
And with toil of their today
Bought for us tomorrow.” – Rudyard Kipling

War Memorial, Cleadon Additional Plaque

 

 

 

Blanchland (ii) Abbey and War Memorial

Blanchland is the site of an old Abbey which nowadays acts as the local church.

Blanchland Abbey:-

Blanchland Abbey 1

Rear of Abbey:-

Blanchland Abbey 2

Blanchland’s War Memorial sits beside the Abbey’s entrance pathway:-

Blanchland War Memorial

It commemorates the village’s Great War dead. Dedication and names with inscription, “All they had they gave.”:-

Dedication and Names, War Memorial, Blanchland

Radcliffe War Memorial

A stone wall with two columns surmounted by a pediment with wreath.

Radcliffe was a town in Northumberland just south of Amble.

Its War Memorial was relocated to Amble’s War Memorial garden in the 1970s when the former mining town was demolished and its residents moved to Amble.

Radcliffe War Memorial

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