Category Archives: Cornwall

Update January 2016: Five new photos of the window and ensign taken in October 2015 added. Not quite such a nice day, though.

Sheltering from the rain in a little museum opposite the war memorial, I spotted this: I wonder how many others survive?  Many thanks to the two very nice ladies who kindly allowed me to photograph it.

  On a more recent visit, as I failed to get a decent shot first time round:

   The long, narrow churchyard (above) contains mainly 19th century graves.  The cemetery (following photos) lies beyond the trees to the left (east). Interesting to see the full length of a CWGC headstone, don’t you think?  Compare with Private Bennetts’ … Continue reading →

Elsewhere in St. Mawes: Behind me, just after I had taken the previous photograph, I noticed the sign on the wall pictured above; check out the names on the First World War Roll of Honour. You will have noticed St. … Continue reading →