Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 14 July 2026
Inside St Andrew’s Church in Corbridge are two memorials to the men of Corbridge Parish who died in the World Wars.
Great War plaque:-

Second World War Roll of Honour:-

In addition to these there is in the lychgate of the church a plaque commemorating the Great War dead. The plaque is covered in perspex hence reflections:-

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Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 9 July 2026
A memorial to the Boer War stands in a kind of square in Bellingham. Unfortunately a van was parked right in front of it so I didn’t get a good photo of its frontage.
From side:-

Dedication cartouche:-

Additional names:-

Also on display in the village is a gun captured during the Boxer Rebellion. It’s a heavy duty musket known as a Gingall:-

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Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 8 July 2026
Bellingham is a village in Northumberland, 18 or so miles north of Hexham. Its name is pronounced Belling-jum.
Church of St Cuthbert – photo taken over a wall surrounding the church:-

Church interior:-

The church contains memorials for both World Wars.
Great War brass plaque:-

Second World War Roll of Honour:-

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Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 7 July 2026
Seahouses is a village a few miles south-east of Bamburgh on the North Sea coast of Northumberland The Memorial is a stone obelisk on a rectangular plinth situated on a roundabout at the junction of Main Street and Seafield Road. The dedications are for North Sunderland Parish.

Great War dedication and names:-

Second World War dedication and names. Unusually there are more names on this plaque (19) than on the one for the earlier war (16):-

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Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 4 July 2026
This is set in a niche/cave in the wall below Bamburgh Castle. It can be seen in the view of Bamburgh Castle in the first photo of this post.
The Memorial has the form of a crucifix on a rectangular plinth. The name plaques are fixed to the rock walls behind.

Cross and dedication:-

Great War name plaques:-


Second World War plaque:-

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Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 27 June 2026
A figure of a kilted soldier in bronze atop a pedestal of granite stones, this lies in a small park area to the side of a roundabout at the junction of Nairn Road, Bridge Street and St Catherine’s Road.
From park area:-

Front view:-

Side view:-

Great War dedication and names:-

World War 2 dedication and names:-

Gulf War name:-

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Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 25 June 2026
Memorial to crew 3 of 120 Squadron killed in a crash over Afghanistan in 2006. Forres War Memorial in background:-

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Posted in Uncategorised at 12:00 on 24 June 2026
This one is courtesy of my younger son who sent me the photo from his trip to Lochinver last year.
Lochinver is a village in Assynt, Sutherland.
Its War Memorial depicts a kilted soldier with rifle at the ready atop a granite column above a tapering plinth.
Here can be seen dedications to both World Wars. Second World War names shown below. (Great War names are on the memorial’s sides.)

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Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 11 June 2026
We drove through Ardersier (located on that arm of the Moray Firth which leads to Inverness) on the way to see Fort George – which was shut.
Like the Memorial at Resolis this is a column with carved crossed sword and rifle enclosed by a wreath, all surmounted by an urn:-

Front view:-

Dedications and names:-

Great War names:-


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Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 1 June 2026
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.

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:-

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