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Forres War Memorial

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:-

Forres War Memorial

Front view:-

Forres War Memorial

Side view:-

War Memorial, Forres, from Side

Great War dedication and names:-

Forres War Memorial, Great War Dedication and Names

World War 2 dedication and names:-

Forres War Memorial, World War 2 Dedication and Names

Gulf War name:-

Forres War Memorial, Gulf War Name

Lochinver (and Assynt) War Memorial

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.)

Lochinver War Memorial

Ardersier War Memorial

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:-

Ardersier War Memorial

Front view:-

Ardersier War Memorial Front View

Dedications and names:-

Ardersier War Memorial Dedications and Names

Great War names:-

Ardersier War Memorial , Great War Names

Great War Names, Ardersier War Memorial

 

Beauly War Memorial

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.

Beauly War Memorial

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:-

World War Dedications and Names Beauly War Memorial

 

Resolis War Memorial

The War Memorial for the parish of Resolis lies beside the B 9163 road in Cromarty.

A stone column with carved crossed sword and rifle enclosed by a wreath, all surmounted by an urn:-

Resolis War Memorial

Great War dedication and names:-

Great War Dedication and Names, Resolis War Memorial

Second World War dedication and names:-

Resolis War Memorial , Second World War Dedication and Names

Fortrose War Memorial

Fortrose’s  War Memorial is the entrance arch to the cathedral precincts:-

Fortrose War Memorial

GreatWar dedication and names:-

Names, Fortrose War Memorial

Second World War dedication and names:-

Fortrose War Memorial, Second World War Names

Inverness War Memorial, Addendum

On our trip up north last year we stayed a few nights in Inverness. At the War Memorial I noticed a few changes since I had first photographed it in 2018.

The Edith Cavell gardens are now more open:-

Cavell Memorial at Inverness War Memorial

Flower bed with Gaelic inscription stone. This translates as Field of Remembrance:-

Flower Bed at Inverness War Memorial

There was now a ‘ghost’ soldier:-

Ghost Soldier at Inverness War Memorial

Plus three memorial benches.

Two for the Great War:-

War Memorial Bench, Inverness

Inverness, Great War Memorial Bench

And one for 1939-1945:-

Second World War Memorial Bench, Inverness


 

Kingussie War Memorial

Kingussie War Memorial with Indian Memorial to left:-

War Memorial, Kingussie

The memorial is a celtic cross on a tapering pillar atop a square base:-

Kingussie War Memorial

Dedication:-

Dedication, Kingussie War Memorial

Great War names:-

Kingussie War Memorial, Great War Names

Great War Names, Kingussie War Memorial

Second World War names:-

Kingussie War Memorial, Second World War Names

Nearby Memorial Bench to Great War dead:-

Great War Memorial Bench, Kingussie

Blair Atholl War Memorial

In the way north from Killiecrankie we passed through Blair Atholl and I spotted its War Memorial.

Of course I stopped to photograph it.

A Stone of Remebrance inscribed 1914 – 1918, with memorial plaques on a wall behind:-

Blair Atholl War Memorial

Great War Names:-

Great War Names, Blair Atholl War Memorial 2

Blair Atholl War Memorial, Great War Names

Second World War Names:-

aSecond World War Names, Blair Atholl War Memorial

Alfred Buckham, Photographer Extraordinaire (ii)

More from the Alfred Buckham exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

I just love photos of Great War era battleships. This is USS Wyoming with the Forth Bridge behind. Buckham added colour to this by hand:-

USS Wyoming by Alfred Buckham

Christ Statue, Rio de Janeiro. Buckham enhanced the photo to highlight the figure:-

Christ Statue, Rio by Alfred Buckham

Botafogo Bay:-

Botafogo Bay by Alfred Buckham

Buenos Aires City Hall:-

Buenos Aires City Hall by Alfred Buckham

Teotihuacan Pyramids:-

Teotihuacan Pyramids by Alfred Buckham

Pre-Inca irrigation ditches, Peru:-

Pre-Inca Irrigation Ditches by Alfred Buckham 15

Caldera of Popocatépetl:-

Caldera of Popocatépetl by Alfred Buckham

Popocatépetl Caldera by Alfred Buckham

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