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Category Archives: Surrey
Bill’s House
Spotted this blue plaque the other week. Wasn’t there last time I passed by. Alfred William (Bill) Bedford O.B.E., was a World War II fighter pilot and later, in the 1950s & 1960s, chief test pilot at Hawker Siddeley. It … Continue reading
Esher War Memorial
Never assume that your war memorial will always be where you think it is. This is Esher war memorial, these first few pictures taken some fifteen years ago. The Great War panels (above & below),… …and the Second World War … Continue reading
Hersham War Memorial – A Return Visit
Some more recent photos of Hersham war memorial, the first ones I published taken well over decade ago now (but still available to view here). So why this shot to start? Well, there was a Great War German field gun … Continue reading
Hatchford Churchyard
I didn’t even know this place existed until, literally, the other day. And as, on checking, I discovered that there’s a single Great War burial here, this afternoon the missus and I went to take a look. There was once … Continue reading
Weybridge – St. James’s Church
Ten years ago or thereabouts I published four pictures of the Roll of Honour in St. James’s Church in Weybridge, Surrey. And these are those very pictures,… …the original post now deleted, by the way,… …and, let’s be fair, they … Continue reading