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

Grangegorman Military Cemetery – Part Two

Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Section E.  The row of CWGC headstones in the background contains more victims of the sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster on 10th October 1918, just a month before the end of the First World War. 

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Aldershot War Memorial

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Pirbright – St. Michael & All Angels Church and War Memorial

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Brookwood Military Cemetery 2012 – An Overview of the Commonwealth Section

Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey was initially established in 1917 to provide a cemetery for servicemen and women who died in hospitals in London and the surrounding area.  Many had been evacuated, sick or wounded, from Flanders and France, whilst … Continue reading

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Mickleham – St. Michael and All Angels Church & War Memorial

David Gilmour?  And what is the significance of the Bleriot? And so darkness fell.  However, on looking through the small pamphlet for sale within the church (yes, I paid my £2.00) I discovered that I had missed (not surprisingly, as … Continue reading

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Headley – St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard

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South Petherton – Church of St. Peter and St. Paul & War Memorial

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