79th Cameron Highlanders

Spotted this in the Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh where I found my Great Grandfather's grave. There is so much information out there that I will not duplicate it. However there are 4 photo's of reasonable quality for anyone who wants to download them.

I have also transcribed the transcription. On older monuments it is customary, regrettably to not note the "other" ranks who fell. This Website seems to be very knowledgeable.

79th Cameron Highlanders

Col.  The Hon. L. MAULE,
Lt Col. E.J. ELLIOT,
LT COL. James FERGUSON,
Capt. Adam MAITLAND,
Lt F.A. GRANT,
Lt F.J. HARRISON,

and
Dr. R.J. MACKENZIE,

369 non-commissioned officers and men of the 79th  Cameron Highlanders who died in Bulgaria and the Crimea, fell in action during the campaign 1854 - 55 Alma Sevastapol


Capt Donald McDONALD,
Capt Simon George NEWPORT,
Lt Thomas Ballard DOUGAL,
Lt Thomas Sheridan Gore JONES,
Surgeon Major Andrew Knox DRYSDALE,

343 non-commissioned officers and men of the 79th  Highlanders fell in action or who died during the service of the regiment in the East Indies 1857 to 1871
LUCKNOW 

This is also on the United Kingdom Inventory of War Memorials as

79th or Cameron Highlanders

UKNIWM Ref: 57415

King Edward and Queen Mary School, Lytham St Annes

I know there is a roll of honour inside the school hall. There is also an obelisk that is under repair somewhere. I have a feeling that there were also boards inside the girls school too. However the girls school, Queen Mary, is now a private development. The school took the very brave move of combining the two schools about 10 years ago and now they run as a single school. The web address is here. Very informative.

However I got the opportunity to photograph the sundial outside the school. It is in good condition and sited to the left of the main entrance. Here are the pictures.

The Sundial.
The dedication reads
"IN MEMORY OF AN OLD BOY KILLED 26TH JUNE 1918"

 Inside the school is some additional information that relates to this memorial.
It seems that it relates to a former pupil called 2nd Lieutenant Burton "Plum" Critchley.
He was the son of Charles Frederick and Martha Critchley, of St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancs.
He is also commemorated at the Pernes Cemetery. He was in the Airforce at the time.

This is a copy of Burton Critchley's sign-up papers. He was commissioned into the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry.

The sundial. The instructions are clearly marked on the top

The front of the school
This is the drive that extends from Clifton drive to the front of the school.
The sundial is to the left of the picture.

Further information is held here

KING EDWARD SCHOOL OLD BOY SUNDIAL WW1

UKNIWM Ref: 42442

Kirk Ireton

Henry Clark's wife, Mary Blackwall was born in Derbyshire. Kirk Ireton was a one of the centres of the Blackwall family. It was inevitable that I would be drawn to Kirk Ireton and there are a few ancesters and descendents of Mary Blackwall in the churchyard. The photographs of the family and the churchyard are in the datastore which can be accessed here.The War Memorial has the following information: The surnames are first.

Kirk Ireton Memorial

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF KIRK IRETON

WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

ABELL HENRY       R.C.A

ALLSOP JOHN WILLIAM       6TH SHERWOOD F.

BATES JOHN         R.A.S.C.

FORD LEONARD                   6TH SHERWOOD F.

DYER WILLIAM GEORGE         2ND K.O.Y.L.D.

CAULDWELL ROBERT         1ST WEST YORKS.

HODGKINSON ARTHUR           4TH SOUTH STAFFS

DRANFIELD FRANCIS        R.A.S.C.

WARD HARRY                6TH SHERWOOD F.

GREATOREX WILLIAM          6TH SHERWOOD F.

HITCHCOCK WILFRED         RFA

The entrance to the church yard
is close to the flag.
The Memorial is there too.

The A59 Memorial at West Marton

Driving from Preston towards Yorkshire, suddenly a stone cross appears on the left. It is now partly hidden behind a stand of trees that will not have been there when the memorial was erected. As you drive the other way on this quite busy but twisty road the memorial appears over a rise! The memorial has aged, Lichen has taken over parts of the stone. This is quite a tall memorial and looks quite imperious. The villiage of West Marton, not to be confused with Marton in Blackpool is very small. Erecting this stone must have required a benefactor.
There is very little extra information at the United Kingdom War Memorial website. These are my images. The reference is

WEST MARTON

UKNIWM Ref: 29721

Looking towards Lancashire

 This is the inscription on the base of the cross:

"REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED FOR THEIR 

KING AND COUNTRY

1914 - 1919

R.I.P.

 William Bailey

Joseph Bryan Bushby

Wilfred Dixon

Arthur Frazer

Charles Lickiss

 Atholl Murray MacGregor MC

Alan Charles Richmond Rate

Edward Ogilvie Turnbull

James Varley

 This is a newer inscription and has just two names on it:

1939 1945

Henry Riley Wor??e - there might even be a "d" at the end

John McCleary

This is a good memorial made out of quality sandstone. The inscriptions seem to be really quite shallow compared to other memorials. They are quite hard to decipher with the moss and lichen that is growing on them.
There is an excellent link to the history of the soldiers who are inscribed on the memorial here.
Believe it or not. 3 hours later we passed the same spot and the local authority were mowing the grass and giving it a general tidy up.

Great Bedwyn

Great Bedwyn is a considerably larger Village than Little Bedwyn. My researches have revealed a considerable number of Mills, Pococks and Lovelocks have lived in this area. Not many but a few are found in the Graveyard. This is a link to picture of graves in the Datastore as well as a list of the fallen inscribed on the rather unusual Memorial.  The Web address of the National Inventory is here.

The description on the UKMemorial Website describes it "ORNATE STONE CROSS WITH FLORIATED ENDS TO THE HEAD. CROSS SURMOUNTS SIX-SIDED PLINTH. PLINTH STANDS ATOP FOUR-STEPPED BASE. THREE-SIDED WALL SURROUNDED BACK OF CROSS AND BEARS NAMES OF FALLEN."