The War Memorials of Abbeytown, Cumbria

1. Holme Cultram Abbey, Abbeytown, Cumbria

The headstone in the foreground is that of:

Flight Lieutenant I.J. Muirhead, D.F.C.

2. WW1 memorials inside Holme Cultram Abbey.

(Left): The parish memorial for the ‘Fallen’

(Right): Stained glass window, Sister Martha Mark, QA.I.N.S. 

3. Headstone of F/Lt. I.J. Muirhead, D.F.C.

Died in the Battle of Britain, 15 October 1940

[A WW1 casualty also buried in the churchyard]

4. Abbeytown village memorial

[In the corner of the Methodist Church grounds] 

5. The inscribed panels on the village memorial

[Remembering both WW1 and WW2 casualties]

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The War Memorials of Alston, Cumbria

1. The Market Cross and town centre of Alston, Cumbria

The spire is part of St Augustine’s Parish Church 

2. The WW1 memorials inside St Augustine’s Church

The two WW1 memorials found inside the church are:

(a) The chancel screen (on the left);

(b) The WW1 parish war memorial (on the right). 

3. Alston’s civic war memorial located on the edge of town

This memorial remembers those lost in both World Wars

4. The names listed on Alston’s civil war memorial

It commemorates the ‘Fallen’ of both World Wars

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Garrigill remembers those who went to war

1. Garrigill, Cumbria (previously Cumberland)

It is on the western edge of the North Pennines

The village is centred round a village green  

2. St John’s Church, Garrigill (Church of England)

The WW1 and WW2 ‘Roll of Honour’ is found here

There are also memorials for those killed in the wars 

3. Garrgill’s ‘Roll of Honour’ inside the church

It covers both World Wars: 

Listing parishioners who served King and Country

4. The Altar Reredos of Garrigill church

It remembers those who died in WW1 

5. The WW2 Memorial plaque for Garrigill

It is found on an inside wall of the church

Listing the names of four casualties of WW2

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The 'Peace Memorials' of Tavistock Square

1. The 'Hiroshima Tree' and memorial plaque. 
Planted by the Mayor of Camden on 6th August 1967 

2. The 'International Peace Tree' and memorial plaque.
Planted by the League of Jewish Women on 2nd July 1986

3. "Gandhi's Beech Tree" and memorial plaque.
This tree was planted in 1997, replacing  one planted in 1953
The original tree was presented by Indian P.M. Pandit Nerhu

4. The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial 
Unveiled by British P.M. Harold Wilson on 17th May 1968

5. The International Conscientious Objectors memorial stone
Dedicated on 15th May 1994
(International Conscientious Objectors Day)

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All the memorials seen in these photographs are found in Tavistock Square Gardens, Bloomsbury, London. The photographs were taken in September 2015.

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S.O.E. agent Noor Inayat Khan (1914 – 1944)

1. Noorunissa Inayat Khan (1914 – 1944)
[British Royal Mail special stamp (March 2014)]

2. Part of S.O.E. display, I.W.M., London

[Photograph and WW2 letter of Noor Inayat Khan]

Her S.O.E. code name was 'Madeleine'  

3. Paris and the Eiffel Tower from Paris Trocadero

'Madeleine' was sent to Paris by the S.O.E. in 1943

where she was a key wireless operator.  

4. Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London

[Noor Inayat Khan lived near here for a time]

5. Bust of Noor Inayat Khan, Gordon Square

Unveiled by H.R.H. the Princess Royal (Princess Anne)

on Thursday 8 November 2012.

6. Close-up of Noor Inayat Khan Memorial

[Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London] 

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The War Memorials of Grasmere, Cumbria

1. Grasmere in English Lakeland, Cumbria:

“The fairest place on Earth” (Wm. Wordsworth)

It has a number of war memorials (WW1 and WW2)
[Collingwood's WW1 memorial is seen on the right]

2. St Oswald’s Parish Church, Grasmere:

Where William Wordsworth and his family attended
(Inside are WW1 and WW2 memorials)

3. The Baptistery of St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere

Grasmere’s ‘Book of Remembrance’ is found here

There is also an original WW1 battlefield cross:

Pte. William W. Peascod, 8^th Bn. The Border Regt.

4. The Grasmere Church Organ and memorial plaque

The organ was donated in memory of a WW1 casualty:

Driver Nellie Taylor, 10^th Motor Ambulance, V.A.D. 

5. Grasmere Church War Memorial (WW1 and WW2)

Found inside St Oswald’s Parish Church, Grasmere.

“Their name liveth for evermore”  

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The Parish War Memorials of Askham, Cumbria

1. Askham (St Peter’s) Parish Church, Westmorland

(Askham in now in eastern Cumbria)

“… the prettiest village in Westmorland” (Wainwright) 

2. The WW1 and WW2 War Memorials of Askham

(Located inside Askham Parish Church) 

3. The WW2 “Thanksgiving Memorial” tablet

(Behind the choir stalls inside the parish church)

4. Askham (St Peter’s) Parish Church:

The altar, choir stalls, organ and the memorial lights

(The church lighting is the thanksgiving memorial)

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