Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 13 February 2025
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:-


Close up:-

Dedications:-

Name plaques:-


Unveiling infoprmation:-


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Posted in War Memorials at 12:00 on 8 February 2025
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:-

East Aspect. Names: Ferguson – Lister:-

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

West aspect. Names: Scott – Young:-

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

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:-

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Posted in War Memorials at 12:00 on 3 February 2025
Plaque dedicated to the men of St John’s Kirk:-

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

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

Parachute Regiment and British Special Airborne Forces Memorial:-

Tapestry Memorial to 51st Highland Division:-

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Posted in War Memorials at 12:00 on 1 February 2025
War Memorial alcove, St John’s Kirk, Perth:-

Great War Memorial (to left above):-

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


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

Masonic Great War Memorial:-

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Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 9 January 2025
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.

Great War Dedication and names:-

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

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

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

Close up on tributes to left above:-

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Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 7 January 2025
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:-

Emrys-Jones Memorial stained glass window:-

Information about the window:-

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

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

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Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 4 January 2025
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:-

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

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Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 23 December 2024
The Church in Avebury village is dedicated to St James:-

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

Part of interior:-

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

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

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Posted in Trips, War Graves, War Memorials at 12:00 on 10 December 2024
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:-

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

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:-

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:-

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Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 8 December 2024
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:-

Dedications to both wars:-

Other names for both wars:-


Great War names:-

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

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