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

Plymouth – Ford Park Cemetery Part One

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Magicfingers

Ford Park Cemetery (formerly known as Pennycomequick or Plymouth Old Cemetery), is the third of the three vast cemeteries we are visiting in Plymouth, and contains 752 burials of the First World War, more than 200 of them in a … Continue reading →

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Plymouth – Efford Cemetery Part Two

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Magicfingers

                                                            The third, and final, cemetery on our Plymouth visit can be viewed here: Ford Park Cemetery Part One

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Plymouth – Efford Cemetery Part One

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Magicfingers

Efford Cemetery, the second cemetery we shall look around on our visit to Plymouth, contains 338 First World War and 109 Second World War burials.  This is also the site of Plymouth City Crematorium, and a screen wall near the … Continue reading →

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Plymouth – Weston Mill Cemetery

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Magicfingers

During the First World War, Plymouth and Devonport hosted important military establishments which included the Royal Dockyard, the Royal Naval Barracks (H.M.S. Vivid), and the Plymouth Division Royal Marine Barracks, as well as naval and military hospitals.  One of three … Continue reading →

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Woodham – All Saints Church & War Memorial

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Magicfingers

Is the figure of Christ (above) the same one as in this photograph (below) of the original Woodham Roll of Honour? Update 2017:    

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Leatherhead – Church of St. Mary & St. Nicholas

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Magicfingers

One day I shall return with my camera, as opposed to my phone.  Promise.

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Weybridge Cemetery

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Magicfingers

John Gleeson was one of the 83 victims of the Luftwaffe raid on the Brooklands factory on 4th September 1940.  There’s more information here, and you can read an eye witness account if you check out Bill’s comment at the … Continue reading →

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