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Arbirlot War Memorial, Arbirlot Churchyard

Arbirlot‘s Great  War Memorial is in the form of a stained glass window with a cartouche set into the wall of the church (St Ninian’s.)

Great War Memorial Window, Arbirlot

Arbirlot Great War Memorial

Also in the graveyard I found  a Commonwealth War Grave and three gravestone mentions of war deaths.

Catherine E Martin, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 20/5/1944, aged 21:-

Commonwealth War Grave, Arbirlot

Munro Park, killed in action in Crete, 2/6/1941, aged 22;-

War Death Commemoration, Arbirlot

Joseph Frain Webster, killed in action, Ypres, 30/10/1914:-

Arbirlot, War Death Commemoration

Andrew Turpie Butchart, killed in action, France, 29/7/1918, aged 34:-

Commemoration of War Death, Arbirlot

War Memorial, Blairgowrie and Rattray

This lies in Blairgowrie town centre, a stone pillar surmounted by a statue of a pelican and with the figure of a soldier with arms reversed at its base:-

War Memorial, Blairgowrie, Statue of Soldier

Side view:-

Blairgowrie War Memorial

Great War names are located on plaques on the pillar’s sides with second World War names on the plinth on which the soldier stands:-

Blargowrie War Memorial detail

War Memorial, Blairgowrie

One of the plinth’s sides has an additional plaque for a Korean War death:-

War Memorial, Blairgowrie

The remaining Great War plaque:-

Blairgowrie War Memorial, Great War Names

Alyth War Memorial

Alyth‘s War Memorial stands  quite a way out of the town at the junction of Meigle Road and Airlie Street:-

Alyth War Memorial

The Great War Memorial takes the form of a figure of Britannia on top of a tapering stone column. The Second World War Memorial lies on the wall behind:-

War Memorial, Alyth

Side view of Britannia:-

Britannia, Alyth War Memorial

Great War Dedication with Great War names:-

Alyth War Memorial Great War Dedication

Other Great War names are on panels on the other sides:-

War Memorial, Alyth, Names

Great War Names, War Memorial, Alyth

Alyth War Memorial, Great War Names

Off to the left as you look at the Memorial from the road is this commemoration of Alfred Anderson, the oldest surviving Scottish veteran of the Great War till his death in 2005:-

Alyth, Memorial to Alfred Anderson

Second World War Memorial. The wall  bears a plaque containing names and two others stating “Your supreme sacrifice we will remember” and “Service not self.”

Alyth Second World War Memorial

A closer view reveals one name for the Falklands conflict of 1982:-

Second World War Names, Alyth War Memorial

 

 

 

Newtyle, Angus

Newtyle is a village in Angus, Scotland. We visited it the same day we went to Meigle.

Newtyle was the railhead for the first railway in North-east Scotland, the Dundee and Newtyle Railway, which used rope-hauled inclines, horses and sails to pull the carriages, before finally steam locomotives. This plaque commemorates it:-

Railway Plaque, Newtyle

Newtyle’s War Memorial is a segmented stone column at a crossroads to the northeast of the village:-

Newtyle War Memorial

Nowadays the names are on two plaques and are mixed for the two World Wars originally they were carved into the stone. 20 of the 28 are for the Great War:-

War Memorial , Newtyle, Names

Newtyle War Memorial, Names

 

Meigle War Memorial

Meigle is a village in Strathmore, Perth and Kinross.

We went there to see the Pictish Sculptured Stone Museum but unfortunately it was shut. We’ll get there another time.

I did manage to find the village War Memorial, a pair of gates at the entrance to the local Park:-

War Memorial, Meigle

Great War Names:-

Great War Names, Meigle War Memorial

Second World War Names. These include the recipient of a Victoria Cross, Lieutenant Commander M D Wanklyn:-

World War 2 Names, Meigle War Memorial

 

Name Plaque Dedication, 252 Memorial Hall, Markinch

I posted about the new external dedication plaque on the 252 Memorial Hall in Markinch here.

Such was the interest its appearance caused – despite there having been an internal dedication plaque (below) since at least 1993 – that it was thought a new plaque recording the names of the fallen ought to be installed as well.

Internal Dedication:-

Dedication Plaque, 252 Memorial Hall, Markinch

The dedication of the new plaque required lots of paperwork and permissions but it wa s unveile din June last year:-

Ceremony:-

Dedication Ceremony for External Memorial Plaque

Name plaque to right:-

Name Plaque, 252 Memorial Hall, Markinch

Band playing at dedication playing The Last Post:-

 

 

War Memorial, Tow Law

Tow Law is a town in County Durham. Tow rhymes with cow (and Law with law.)

Its War Memorial depicts a soldier advancing with rifle extended and was erected by the inhabitants of Tow Law, Thornley, Sunniside, Hedley Hope, East Hedley Hope and Satley. It stands by the A 68 which runs through the town at its confluence with the B 6297 to Wolsingham.

War Memorial, Tow Law

East aspect, Great War Names on column, Second World War on plinth below:-

War Memorial, Tow Law, East Aspect

Reverse (south) aspect:-

Tow Law War Memorial Reverse

West aspect:-

Tow Law War Memorial, West Aspect

War Memorial, West Auckland

West Auckland is a village in County Durham through which the A 68 road passes north/south. Its War Memorial is a repurposed water fountain (originally known as ‘The Pant,’ built in 1848 and redicated for Queen victoria’s 60th Jubilee) and is situated on West Auckland’s West Green. A War Memorial bench  is to the left below and the structure is flanked by two ‘ghost soldiers’:-

West Auckland War Memorial

War Memorial, West Auckland, County Durham

Wording on plaque on ‘The Pant’:-

War Memorial dedication:-

Dedication, West Auckland  War Memorial

Name plaques. Northern Ireland commemoration on right hand one:-

Name Plaques, West Auckland  War Memorial

Iwema Steenhuis, Groningen Province (iii)

Iwema Steenhuis (see previous posts) has several exhibits relating to childhood.

Model of schoolroom:-

Schoolroom, Iwema Steenhuis

Vintage children’s books:-

Old Children's Books, Iwema Steenhuis

 

Toy vehicles:-

Toy Cars, Iwema Steenhuis

Iwema Steenhuis, Toy Car Display

I just loved those dinky caravans on the second top shelf above so here’s a close-up:-

Iwema Steenhuis, Toy Cars

There was also domestic memorabilia.

Inkwells and desktop paraphernalia:-

Inkwells, Iwema Steenhuis

Inkwell partly in the shape of a Great War tank (a French Renault, I think):-

Great War Tank Inkwell, Iwema Steenhuis

Old style shop:-

Old-style Shop, Iwema Steenhuis

Bowling War Memorial

Bowling is a village two miles east of Dumbarton on the A 814 road. It’s probably best known as being the western end of the Forth and Clyde Canal.

Its War Memorial is a stone Celtic Cross on a rough-hewn stone plinth lying at the edge of a small park to the north of the A 814:-

Bowling War Memorial

Name Plaques, War Memorial, Bowling

 

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