Britain’s War Memorials
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Exploring Britain’s war memorials. Boer War, First World War (Great War), Second World War et al. Member of the Great War Group #LestWeForget #Remembrance
War memorial plaque. St. Wendreda’s Church, March, Cambridgeshire. Commemorating Pilot Officer J.W. Hocking of the RAAF, who after ordering his crew to bail out, remained at the controls of his stricken aircraft to prevent it crashing in the town on 28th July 1944. #LestWeForget
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
War memorial plaque. St. Wendreda’s Church, March, Cambridgeshire. Commemorating Pilot Officer J.W. Hocking of the RAAF, who after ordering his crew to bail out, remained at the controls of his stricken aircraft to prevent it crashing in the town on 28th July 1944. #LestWeForget
War memorial window. St. Michael and All Angels Church, Highworth, Wiltshire. Also commemorating Lieutenant Douglas Crow Brown of the Royal Scots, died 13th September 1917 and Captain Kenneth Edward Brown of the Oxford and Bucks L.I. died 12th April 1918. #LestWeForget
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
War memorial window. St. Michael and All Angels Church, Highworth, Wiltshire. Also commemorating Lieutenant Douglas Crow Brown of the Royal Scots, died 13th September 1917 and Captain Kenneth Edward Brown of the Oxford and Bucks L.I. died 12th April 1918. #LestWeForget
War memorial window. St. Michael and All Angels Church, Highworth, Wiltshire. Commemorating Major Gerald Dick Brown, died 14th April 1918, Captain Eric Francis Brown, died 1st April 1917, both of the Wiltshire Regiment. With their two brothers... #LestWeForget
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
War memorial window. St. Michael and All Angels Church, Highworth, Wiltshire. Commemorating Major Gerald Dick Brown, died 14th April 1918, Captain Eric Francis Brown, died 1st April 1917, both of the Wiltshire Regiment. With their two brothers... #LestWeForget
War memorial plaque and battlefield cross. St. Peter’s Church, Stoke Lyne, Oxfordshire. Commemorating Lieutenant Colonel Henry Sydney Charles Peyton of the Rifle Brigade. Died of wounds received near Morchain, France, 24th March 1918. #LestWeForget
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
War memorial plaque and battlefield cross. St. Peter’s Church, Stoke Lyne, Oxfordshire. Commemorating Lieutenant Colonel Henry Sydney Charles Peyton of the Rifle Brigade. Died of wounds received near Morchain, France, 24th March 1918. #LestWeForget
War memorial plaque and battlefield cross. St. Peter’s Church, Stoke Lyne, Oxfordshire. Commemorating Lieutenant John Henry Peyton of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, KIA 13th April 1945. #LestWeForget
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
War memorial plaque and battlefield cross. St. Peter’s Church, Stoke Lyne, Oxfordshire. Commemorating Lieutenant John Henry Peyton of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, KIA 13th April 1945. #LestWeForget
Neen Sollars war memorial. All Saints Church, Neen Sollars, Shropshire. #LestWeForget
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Neen Sollars war memorial. All Saints Church, Neen Sollars, Shropshire. #LestWeForget
Draycott war memorial. St. Peter’s Church, Draycott, Somerset. #LestWeForget
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Draycott war memorial. St. Peter’s Church, Draycott, Somerset. #LestWeForget
Draycott war memorial. St. Peter’s Church, Draycott, Somerset. #LestWeForget
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Draycott war memorial. St. Peter’s Church, Draycott, Somerset. #LestWeForget
Farlow war memorial lychgate. St. Giles Church, Farlow, Shropshire. #LestWeForget
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Farlow war memorial lychgate. St. Giles Church, Farlow, Shropshire. #LestWeForget
War memorial. St. Michael and All Angels Church, Stanton-by-Dale, Derbyshire. Lamp commemorating Flt. Sgt. Bill Cox DFM, killed in the Stirling bomber crash at the nearby Grove Farm, 31st August 1944. Also commemorated on the Stanton-by-Dale war memorial. #LestWeForget
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
War memorial. St. Michael and All Angels Church, Stanton-by-Dale, Derbyshire. Lamp commemorating Flt. Sgt. Bill Cox DFM, killed in the Stirling bomber crash at the nearby Grove Farm, 31st August 1944. Also commemorated on the Stanton-by-Dale war memorial. #LestWeForget
Stanton-by-Dale war memorial. St. Michael and All Angels Church, Stanton-by-Dale, Derbyshire. #LestWeForget
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Stanton-by-Dale war memorial. St. Michael and All Angels Church, Stanton-by-Dale, Derbyshire. #LestWeForget
Dumbleton war memorial tablet and roll of honour. St. Peter’s Church, Dumbleton, Gloucestershire. #LestWeForget
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Dumbleton war memorial tablet and roll of honour. St. Peter’s Church, Dumbleton, Gloucestershire. #LestWeForget