Category Archives: Cornwall

Above & below: A man of the Seaforth Highlanders, the most northern of all the British regiments, remembered in a churchyard in Cornwall, the most southerly of all the counties. Private Harold George Louth, Seaforths, died on 9th May 1915 … Continue reading →

We’re flying around the country at the moment in these Back in Blighty posts, so here’s another Cornish war memorial for your pleasure. Nearby:

From the Highlands of Scotland to the far south west of England, we now find ourselves in Mawnan, on the south Cornish coast, only about thirty miles from Land’s End. The churchyard is quite extensive, so we shall have a … Continue reading →

Three and a half years ago I showed you round the little church of St. Sancredus in Sancreed (just a few miles from Land’s End), with its fabulous bronze relief of, and original wooden cross belonging to, Lieutenant William Alexander … Continue reading →

Welcome to ‘The Thunderbox Room’, one of the more unusual war memorials I have stumbled across (but fortunately not into) on my travels.

Breathtaking! You don’t get this type of view in Leatherhead. If you’re interested in seeing Ludgvan war memorial and taking a trip round the churchyard (the church itself, on two visits, has so far refused to let me in), click … Continue reading →