Posted in Trips, War Graves at 14:00 on 7 October 2026
In the centre of Muthil are the ruins of its mediæval church, the 15th century parish church:-



In the churchyard is the grave of a Great War soldier, Private D Taylor, Black Watch, 29/1/1918, aged 23:-

Muthil’s more modern cemetery is a few hundred yards west of the village and contains a Second World War grave, Sgt J McDonald McKinnie, Air Gunner, RAF, 1/3/1943, aged 21:-

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Posted in War Memorials at 12:00 on 3 October 2026
Muthil is a village in Perthshire situated on the A 822 just north of Gleneagles.
Its War Memorial is a granite Celtic Cross on a tapered square plinth set on the junction of Willoughby Street and Thornhill Street:-

Dedications and Second World War names:-

Great War names, W Brown – T McGregor:-

Great War names, P Malloch – J Waddell:-

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Posted in Bridges, Trips at 15:00 on 21 September 2026
River Tweed at Coldstream:-

From same vantage point but looking towards the bridge at the border with England:-

I have featured Coldstream War Memorial before, a cenotaph inset into a wall, but this is a better photo:-

This time I took a close-up of the dedications and names:-

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Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 10 August 2026
St Michael and All Angels Church, Haworth, contains the burial vault of the Brontë family. Patrick Brontë was the perpetual curate there from 182o-1861.

A side chapel commemorates his incumbency:-

Also inside the church are three war memorials/rolls of honour to remember the men of Haworth and Stanbury who died or served in the World Wars.
Great War Memorial:-

Roll of Honour for both World Wars:-

Wooden board Roll of Honour (for those who served?)

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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 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 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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