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Inverness – The Highland Railway Company Roll of Honour

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Magicfingers

On the wall of what is now the domain of a purveyor of kilts, just outside the entrance to Inverness railway station, in the same little square where we looked at the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders memorial last post, there’s … Continue reading →

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Inverness – The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders Memorial

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Magicfingers

This fine 19th Century memorial, nicely restored and re-inscribed in the 1990s, and thoroughly cleaned in 2014, stands in front of Inverness railway station. Intended to commemorate men who were killed in action or died of disease in Egypt and … Continue reading →

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Kincraig War Memorial & the Battle of Atbara Memorial

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Magicfingers

Note there’s a second memorial just in front of the chapel, far left of shot. And here’s the memorial across the road. The Battle of Atbara took place on 8th April 1898 at the confluence of the Nile & Atbara … Continue reading →

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British Military Headstones – Personal Inscriptions No. 1

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Magicfingers

There is one aspect of British military headstones that we have yet to consider, and that is the personal inscriptions sometimes to be found at their base.  The majority of headstones have no personal inscription, but a significant number do, … Continue reading →

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British Military Headstones – The Rareties Part Three: A Question of Crosses & Other Variations

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Magicfingers

We near the end of this series of posts with a look at some of the less common headstones, or groups of headstones, all marking the graves of identified men, that you might find on your travels among the British … Continue reading →

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Ten Years After

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Magicfingers

On 27th November 2010 I posted this single photograph of Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery, with just three words, ‘In Flanders Fields’, typed beneath it. 

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British Military Headstones – The Rareties Part Two: Duhallow Blocks

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Magicfingers

Continuing our look at the special memorials one might find in British military cemeteries on the Western Front, this is what is known as a Duhallow Block.

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