Thursday, 24 July 2025

A Changing Village

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The substantial village of Caersws lies a few miles west of Newtown in Mid-Wales. Its main war memorial is a fine example of a Celtic (or Wh...
Thursday, 16 January 2025

A Fitting Memorial

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Shrewsbury School’s main war memorial stands at the meeting place of all the avenues leading from the School. At its centre is a bronze, lif...
Monday, 23 September 2024

TRAGEDY IN OSTEND

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The war memorial in Knighton (Trefyclawdd), a small town on the Welsh/English border, stands proudly in the Town Square. It takes the form o...
Thursday, 22 February 2024

A Desert Escape

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The church of St Edith in Church Pulverbatch, a small village about eight miles south-west of Shrewsbury, has a Roll of Honour related to th...
Monday, 11 September 2023

A County Remembers

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In 1923 a County War Memorial was completed to commemorate fallen servicemen from the county of Montgomeryshire. It was built by means of pu...
Tuesday, 18 July 2023

Bridging the river

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Some distance east along the River Severn from the famous Ironbridge is a war memorial which is certainly unique in Shropshire and possibly ...
Thursday, 20 April 2023

"Sit, reflect and remember"

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War memorial benches have become a common sight throughout the British Isles in recent years. Different designs are available and many are p...
Sunday, 8 January 2023

Loppington - from the Great War to Iraq

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Loppington is a village of about 600 people which a lies a few miles west of Wem in north Shropshire. Loppington war memorial A rusticated g...
Wednesday, 5 October 2022

The Old Malthouse

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 It is difficult to imagine a more beautiful location for a village than that of Atcham near Shrewsbury, standing on the banks of the Severn...
Friday, 17 June 2022

Disaster at Sheerness

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The small village of Llandrinio in Montgomeryshire lies close to the border with Shropshire about nine miles north of Welshpool.  Its war me...
Sunday, 13 February 2022

Shrewsbury School Old Boys' memorial

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Shrewsbury School was founded in 1552 by a Royal Charter and today is one the country's leading independent boarding schools. Its main w...
Wednesday, 15 December 2021

Welshpool's VC hero

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 The town hall (also used as a market hall) stands proudly on the main street of Welshpool, a small town on the Welsh border. It dates back ...
Wednesday, 11 August 2021

The Men of the Cambrian Railways

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  Cae Glas Park in the centre of Oswestry, Shropshire is a beautiful seven acre site with extensive lawns, sports facilities, a children...
Sunday, 11 April 2021

A musical memorial

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The most famous and iconic war memorial in Britain is undoubtedly The Cenotaph in London. It was designed by one of the leading architects o...
Saturday, 16 January 2021

An unusual design and an interesting debate

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  The main war memorial in the town of Bridgnorth in east Shropshire stands at one of the highest in the town in Castle Park. It is a 7’6” s...
Friday, 20 November 2020

Worth a Look

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  I've recently discovered a Facebook page dedicated to 'war memorials and military graves in the UK'. Some regular fascinating ...
Sunday, 23 August 2020

A Rare Survival

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Meifod is a village just north of Welshpool.  Its main memorial is an unusual one, consisting of a copper sheet set into the outside of the ...
Thursday, 16 April 2020

Brecon remembers the Falklands War

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Despite its long military connections, the small city of Brecon had no memorial to the Falkland Islands war. This was rectified however w...
Thursday, 13 February 2020

ABERHAFESP REMEMBERS

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Aberhafesp war memorial   The village of Aberhafesp lies about midway between Caersws and Newtown, stretching out along each side of a ...
Tuesday, 11 June 2019

Tragic death of Sister Roberts

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Entrance to Tywyn Cottage Hospital The main First World War memorial in Tywyn, a small seaside resort on Cardigan Bay, is a splendid Co...