Category Archives: U.K. Churches, Memorials & Cemeteries – Back in Blighty

St. Just-in-Penwith Methodist Chapelyard

Round the back of the chapel… …experience tells me to leave no stone unturned,… …and although that isn’t always possible, or feasible, on this occasion I’m glad I persevered, as two of the final three headstones proved of interest (see … Continue reading

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Penzance – St. Mary’s Church War Memorial

Elsewhere in Penzance:

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Penzance War Memorial

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Fonthill Bishop Roll of Honour & Churchyard

Although the church (All Saints) was shut, and they don’t appear to want swallows nesting here, the porch was thankfully open, allowing us access to the Roll of Honour. In a little enclosed churchyard behind the church, two CWGC headstones … Continue reading

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Valentine Joe Strudwick

This is Essex Farm Cemetery, just to the north of Ieper (Ypres).  It is a famous, and well-visited cemetery, for a number of reasons, not least that it was here that the poet John McCrae penned his ‘In Flanders Fields’ … Continue reading

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Paul – St Pol de Léon’s Church

You can see the Roll of Honour (below) on the church tower (above). Some details of this magnificent window: And an explanation, if you can read it:

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St. Buryan Church & War Memorial

St. Buryan Church.  Note the war memorial to the right of the photo.   Twenty Merry Maidens… …and a dog. Cornish landsape.  

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