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

Stoneleigh – St. Mary’s Churchyard

Unusual to find “At the going down of the sun…” on what appears to be a non-military headstone, don’t you think?  Presumably there is a military connection of some sort.

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Warwick War Memorial

You may have noticed, above the large panels on each of the four sides of this Eleanor Cross memorial, four empty niches such as the one above.  You will also notice that all four are broken at the top.  Were … Continue reading

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Leamington Spa War Memorial

Mike (above), my most excellent chauffeur this particular evening.  Thanks mate.

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Ottery St. Mary – St. Mary’s Church & War Memorial

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St. Anthony-in-Meneage – St. Anthony’s Church

June 2009: June 2013:

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St. Michael’s Mount

You’ll find St. Michael’s Church within the castle complex atop the Mount. There are three Second World War pillboxes on the Mount (one inaccessible to the public on the far side of the island). The second pillbox. And back at … Continue reading

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Cury – Church of St. Corentin

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