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The Church, Hindeloopen and Commonwealth War Graves

Hindeloopen’s church, the Grote Kerk, is hard to miss. It’s dedicated to St Gertrude.

Church, Hindeloopen, The Netherlands,

From another angle you can see its spire leans:-

Leaning Spire on Hindeloopen Church

In the churchyard are the graves of eleven Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War:-

War Graves, Hindeloopen

 

Sergeant B W Palastanga, Observer, RAF, 7/11/1941 aged 21 and an Airman known unto God, a Sergeant in the RAF, 1/12/1941:-

Commonwealth War Graves, Hindeloopen

Flight Sergeant W H Chapman, RAAF, 22/1/1943, aged 26; Sergeant A B Springett, Wireles s Operator, RAF, 23/11/1943 aged 23; an Airman known unto God, an Officer RCAF, 29/11/1943. In background – an Airman of the RAF known unto God, 26/7/1944.:-

Hindeloopen, Commonwealth War Graves

Sergeant J O Organ, Air Gunner, RAF, 5/3/1943, aged 23; Sergeant R O Fulton, Flight Engineer, RCAF, 5/3/1943; an Airman of the RCAF, known unto God:-

Hindeloopen, 4 Commonwealth War Graves

Flying Officer G R Sugar, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, RAF, 13/6/1943, aged 22; an RAF Airman of the 1939-1945 War, known unto God, 31/8/1943:-

2 Commonwealth War Graves, Hindeloopen

Church interior:-

Church Interior, Hindeloopen.

Organ loft:-

Church Organ, Hindeloopen

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

 

Stirling War Memorial

Stirling‘s War Memorial is a stone obelisk on a hexagonal base located in a triangle at the junction of Albert Place and Corn Exchange Road.

From Corn Exchange Road:-

War Memorial, Stirling

War Memorial, Stirling

Close up:-

War Memorial, Stirling, Dedications

Dedications:-

War Memorial, Stirling, Dedications

Name plaques:-

Stirling War Memorial Name Plaques

Name Plaques, Stirling War Memorial 6

Unveiling infoprmation:-

Stirling War Memorial, Unveiled by Earl Haig

Stirling War Memorial Name Plaques

Cowdenbeath Great War Memorial

The memorial, an obelisk embossed with a sword above a square plinth, was originally dedicated for the Great War, the dead of which it commemorated, and stands on a hill with a view down Cowdenbeath’s High Street. There is also a dedication to those who fell in the Second Word War but their names are on a separate memorial in the town.

Cowdenbeath Great War Memorial South Aspect. Names: Adams – Davidson:-

Cowdenbeath Great War Memorial South Aspect

East Aspect. Names: Ferguson – Lister:-

Cowdenbeath Great War Memorial East Aspect

North Aspect. Names: Lockhart – Scott. Cowdenbeath High Street behind:-

Cowdenbeath Great War Memorial North Aspect

West aspect. Names: Scott – Young:-

Cowdenbeath Great War Memorial West Aspect

A Great War 100th Anniversary Bench and Soldier lies at the end of Cowdenbeath High Street below the hill where the War memorial stands:-

Cowdenbeath Great War Anniversary Bench and Soldier

I featured Cowdenbeath’s Second World War memorial here but took this photo of it with added Great War soldier outline and Great War anniversary bench just after I photographed the above:-

Cowdenbeath World War 2 Memorial

Second World War Memorials, St John’s Kirk, Perth

Plaque dedicated to the men of St John’s Kirk:-

St John's Kirk, Perth, Second World War Memorial

Burma Star Association flag and plaque. The plaque bears the Kohima Epitaph:-

Burma Star Association Flag, St John's Kirk, Perth

Upper memorial for the Scottish Area Women’s Royal Army Corps and lower one for the Royal Army Service Corps in both wars:-

War Memorial Plaques, St John's Kirk, Perth

Parachute Regiment and British Special Airborne Forces Memorial:-

Parachute Regiment and British Special Airborne Forces Memorial, St John's Kirk, Perth

Tapestry Memorial to 51st Highland Division:-

War Memorial Tapestry, St John's Kirk, Perth

War Memorial, St John’s Kirk, Perth

War Memorial alcove, St John’s Kirk, Perth:-

War Memorial Window, St John's Kirk, Perth

Great War Memorial (to left above):-

Great War Memorial, St John's Kirk, Perth

Below the memorial are two Rolls of Honour. The first below takes in Perthshire and also covers World War 2 as may the second:-

Perthshire Roll of Honour, St John's Kirk, Perth

 

St John's Kirk, Perth, Roll of Honour

Great War Memorial to men connected with St John’s East Parish Church:-

Congregation War Memorial, St John's Kirk, Perth

Masonic Great War Memorial:-

Masonic Great War Memorial, St John's Kirk,Perth

Ashby de la Zouch War Memorial

An arch with a cross in the gap, lanterns to either side.

I have featured this memorial before but it was partly obscured by a street fair then. In September 2023 it wasn’t.

Ashby de la Zouch War Memorial

Great War Dedication and names:-

Great War Dedication and Names, War  Memorial, Ashby de la Zouch

World War 2 Dedication and names. Also on  pavement below the inscription, “220 miles to Ypres”:-

World war 2 Dedication and Names, Ashby de la Zouch War  Memorial 2

This time were able to get into the street behind the memorial where there was an assortment of wreaths:-

Behind War Memorial, Ashby de la Zouch

The plaque to the right above is a Victoria Cross commemoration. Lt Colonel Philip Bent, Leicestershire Regiment, 1/10/1917:-

VC Commemoration Plaque by Ashby de la Zouch War Memorial

Close up on tributes to left above:-

Tributes at Ashby de la Zouch War  Memorial 5

St Nicholas Church, Alcester

The Church can be seen in this post on Alcester I made in 2012. We visited the town again on our way back up from Bath. This time we went inside the church.

Chancel and Altar:-

Chancel and Altar, Church of St Nicholas, Alcester

Emrys-Jones Memorial stained glass window:-

Stained Glass Window, St Nicholas Church, Alcester

Information about the window:-

Emrys-Jones Memorial Window, St Nicholas Church, Alcester

War Memorial plaque to the men of Alcester and Oversley, erected 1951:-

War Memorial Plaque, Church of St Nicholas, Alcester

Individual memorial to Arthur Boobbyer Jephcott who fell at Pozières, 4/8/1916, aged 20:-

aChurch War Memorial Plaque

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

 

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