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Ogbourne St Andrew War Memorial

We passed through Ogbourne St Andrew, a small village in Wiltshire, on our way back north from Avebury. I spotted this War Memorial, a cross above an arcing plinth, by a minor junction on the A 346 road.

Memorial, Great War names and dedication:-

Ogbourne St Andrew War Memorial. Great War Names

Names for the Second World War were added to the reverse of the memorial:-

World War 2 Names, Ogbourne St Andrew War Memorial

 

 

 

Church of St James, Avebury, War Memorial

The Church in Avebury village is dedicated to St James:-

Church of St James, Avebury

Since it was open we decided to take a look inside. It has an ornate rood screen:-

Rood Screen, Church of St James, Avebury

Part of interior:-

Interior, Church of St James, Avebury

On display was part of an oak bell-frame dated 1636:-

Inside Church of St James, Avebury

Avebury’s War Memorial consists of two plaques inside the church, one for each World War:-

War Memorials Inside Church of St James, Avebury

 

Atworth War Memorial

Atworth lies on the A 365 in West Wiltshire. I couldn’t help noticing its War Memorial as we passed through, and of course stopped to photograph it. It turned out to be a repurposed clock tower originally erected to commemorate Queen Victoria as the longest reigning UK monarch, which the plaque here notes. Note Great War 100th anniversary bench:-

Atworth War Memorial

Great War dedication. The cartouche also lists the names of those who served in The Great War:-

Great War Dedication Atworth War Memorial

Second World War Dedication, below the depiction of Queen Victoria.  This Roll of Honour for those who served begins with the name of one serviceman killed. Note Second World War memorial bench, complete with dove of peace:-

Second World War Dedication, Atworth War Memorial

In a small cemetery beside Atworth War Memorial lies the grave of Driver A R Brown, Royal Army Service Corps, died 6/6/1917, aged 22:-

War  Grave, Atworth

Bathford War Memorial

Bathford is a village a few miles north of Bradford-on-Avon, where we stayed during our trip to Bath, Wells etc.

We stopped for a look around on pur way back north.

In the grounds of St Swithun’s Church I found its War Memorial, a cross surmounting a pillar on a square base with gabled edges:-

War Memorial, Bathford

Dedications to both wars:-

Bathford War Memorial Dedications

Other names for both wars:-

Names, Bathford War Memorial

Names, War Memorial, Bathford

 

Great War names:-

War Memorial, Bathford, Great War Names

In the churchyard there was one war grave of Second Lieutenant E C Guillebauld, Worcestershire Regiment, 3/6/1915, aged 32:-

War Grave, Bathford

Midsomer Norton War Memorial

Midsomer Norton is a little further north than Stratton-on-the-Fosse. We were intrigued by the name and its similarity to a certain TV murder mystery series but Midsomer Norton is not twee nor quaint in the way the villages on that TV show are.

Its War Memorial is a cenotaph situated on a footbridge over the River Somer running by the main street:-

Midsomer Norton War Memorial 4

War Memorial, Midsomer Norton

Great War names Andrews-Purnell:-

Great War Names Midsomer Norton War Memorial

Great War names Rogers-Woods. Second World War names below:-

Names, War Memorial, Midsomer Norton

War Memorial Stratton-on-the-Fosse

We passed through Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, on our way back north from Glastonbury. Its War Memorial, a pillar surmounted by a lantern cross, lies on the corner of the main A 367 road through and Church Road.

War Memorial, Stratton on the Fosse

Stratton on the Fosse War Memorial

1914 – 1918 to the glorious memory of (names):-

Stratton on the Fosse War Memorial, Great War Names

1914 – 1918 on whose souls may God have mercy:-

Great War Names, War Memorial, Stratton on the Fosse

1939-1945 dedication and names:-

1939-1945 Dedication, War Memorial, Stratton on the Fosse

Safe return dedication. In thanksgiving to God/ for the safe return of those/ who from this neighbourhood/ went to the Great Wars/ 1914 – 1918 and 1939 – 1945:-

Safe Return Dedication, War Memorial, Stratton on the Fosse

Glastonbury War Memorial

We had parked opposite Glastonbury’s War Memorial, a Celtic type cross surmounting a scrolled column,which stands by the main street.

Glastonbury War Memorial

Dedications and names:-

Glastonbury War Memorial Dedications and Names

Great War Names Could-Mullins:-

Great War Names, War Memorial, Glastonbury

Great War Names Parkes-Wootton:-

War Memorial, Glastonbury, Great War Names

Wells War Memorial

The War Memorial for the city of Wells in Somerset is in the grounds of St Cuthbert’s Church, on St Cuthbert’s Street. It has the form of a pillar surmounted by a lantern cross with bronze figures set on a square plinth above an octagonal base.

War Memorial, Wells

The Great War names are in square panels on the plinth. World War 2 names have been inscribed between the first and second octagonal steps:-

War Memorial in Wells

Wells War Memorial

Wells War Memorial, at St Cuthbert's Church

War Memorials, Wells Cathedral

Boer War Memorial:-

Boer War Memorial

Great War Memorial to Somerset freemasons. I don’t recall ever seeing a memorial to freemasons before:-

Somerset Freemasons Great War Memorial, Wells Cathedral

To Herbert Robert Charles Tudway, Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards, died 18/11/1914 aged 26:-

Great War Memorial Plaque, Wells Cathedral

To those who served in the Somerset Light Infantry:-

Somerset Light Infantry Plaque "To Those Who Served," in Wells Cathedral

Roll of Honour, Somerset:-

Roll of Honour, Wells Cathedral

Book of Remembrance pages. The book enumerates all Somerset natives who died in the Great War:-

Book of Remembrance Pages, Wells Cathedral

Book of Remembrance pages for Bath:-

Pages in Book of Remembrance, Wells Cathedral

Somerset Light Infantry Battle Honours and names:-

Somerset Light Infantry Battle Honours, Wells Cathedral,

Names on Somerset Light Infantry Battle Honours in Wells Cathedral

 

Duhallow War Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium (ii)

Today is Armistice Day, which ended the hostilities of the Great War 106 years ago.

I posted some photos of Duhallow War Cemetery yesterday but today I’m concentrating on the Great War dead. Duhallow contains graves of men from several of the armies involved in that conflict.

The next two photos feature pillars which note the men commemorated there were originally buried in other cemeteries which were destroyed in later battles.

Crescent of Headstones; original burials in Fusilier Wood:-

Crescent of Headstones, Duhallow Cemetery, Ypres

Line of Headstones; transferred from Malakoff Farm Cemetery:-

Duhallow Cemetery, Ypres, Line of Headstones

I presumed these markers denoted the graves of brothers Privates W & A Barr, Seaforth Highlanders, 9/1/1918:-

Graves of Brothers, Duhallow War Cemetery, Ypres

I found two French graves.

Jules Viard and Jean Carret, both mort pour la France, 24/10/1918:-

A French Grave, Duhallow Cemetery, Ypres

Duhallow Cemetery, Ypres, French Grave 2

And a Belgian grave, of Antoine Vandegam, died 19/10/1918. The photo also shows the graves of Sapper, J Rooney, RE, October, 1918 aged 25 and Serjeant P Hackett, Leinster Regiment, 18/10/1918:-

A Belgian Grave, Duhallow Cemetery, Ypres

Star of David headstone for Private S Margolis, Labour Corps, 9/1/1918, aged 24, flanked by Private P Montague, Seaforth Highlanders, 9/1/1918 and Private W Middleton, Seaforth Highlanders, 9/1/1918:-

Star of David Headstone, Duhallow War Cemtery, Ypres

Two Germans; Curt Hoyer, Grenadier, 16/10/1918 and Johann Hobelsberger, Private, date of death obscured:-

A German Grave, Duhallow War Cemetery, Ypres

The front row below is for other German war dead:-

German Graves, Duhallow War Cemetery, Ypres

 

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