Category Archives: Surrey

In the south east corner of Horsell Common, easily missed if you don’t know where to look, are the brick walls and ornate domed entrance to the now-abandoned Woking Muslim Cemetery.  Built early in the First World War to receive burials … Continue reading →

The church of St. Mary Magdalene, with the war memorial to the left of the picture.                                         Lieutenant (according to the CWGC) Alick Blyth’s body was never recovered, and he is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

A wet afternoon in West Clandon.  The church of St. Peter & St. Paul, with the war memorial in the left foreground.                     The only CWGC grave in the churchyard itself (as opposed to the nearby church cemetery, where … Continue reading →

Every time I drive past, I always think how much I like this little roadside Roll of Honour.  And just down the road…