User:HJ Mitchell/War memorials

By priority

Map coloured by priority (work in progress)

top priority

(no photos or an important memorial with photos of minimal use)

• Fordham, Cambs, CB7 5NG (no photos at all)
• Norwich Roll of Honour, Castle Keep, Norwich Castle (no photos at all) [walking distance from Norwich railway station and Norwich Memorial Garden]
  • Note restricted opening times; entry costs £8.35 each or £4.50 each if travelling by park and ride (2015 prices)
• Wargrave - Station Road, Wargrave, Wokingham RG10 8EU [walking distance to Wargrave railway station]
• Oxford (Ox and Bucks Light Infantry Memorial), OX4 3JR
• Leeds Rifles - St Peter's Church, 3 Kirkgate, Leeds, LS1 6BZ [walking distance from Leeds railway station]
• Ashwell - Station Rd, Ashwell, Baldock, Hertfordshire SG7 5LR SG7 5LR
• Southend - Clifftown Parade, Southend-on-Sea,  SS1 1DP, UK [walking distance from Southend Central and Southend Victoria railway stations]
• Busbridge - North West End of Churchyard of Church of St John the Baptist, Busbridge. Godalming GU7 1XA. SU9781042959
• Rugby - Memorial Gates, 5 Hillmorton Rd, Rugby CV22 5DF [20 mins walk from Rugby railway station]
• Northampton, - Wood Hill, Northampton NN1 2HG SP7549660465 [20 mins walk from Northampton railway station]
• Brompton Barraks, Gillingham (both - yards apart) [Note: check public access]
  • Boer War Memorial Arch, Brompton Barracks, Pasley Road, Gillingham, Medway ME7 5SJ TQ7642869040
  • Crimean War Memorial Arch and Gates, Brompton Barracks, Pasley Road, Gillingham, Medway ME7 5SJ TQ7637169063
• East Pennard - Cockmill Lane, East Pennard, Somerset BA4 6TU ST5968637468
• Huddersfield - Greenhead Park, Park Drive South, Huddersfield [15 mins walk from Huddserfield railway station]

• King's Somborne - Church Road, Kings Somborne, Hampshire SO20 6PH SU3601531017
• Abinger Common - 100 metres south of Church of St James, Abinger Lane, Abinger Common TQ 11493 45901

high priority

• Tyringham - plaque in the church of St Peter, Tyringham Gateway, Tyringham MK16 9EF SP8593146699
• Sandhurst - Sandhurst War Memorial, The Green, Sandhurst, Kent TN18 5 TQ 79841 28399
• Norwich - Memorial Garden, St Peter's Street, Norwich. TG 229 084 [walking distance from Norwich railway station and Norwich Roll of Honor]
• York [walking distance apart, walking distance to York railway station]
  • North Eastern Railway - Station Rise, York, SE5982251779
  • City - Memorial Gardens, Leeman Road, York YO1 6FZ SE5983751919
  • South African War Memorial - Duncombe Place, York SE 60215 52119
• Mells - Fairview, Mells, Somerset, BA11 3PN ST7291649151 [walking distance to Grade II* listed Tithe barn with possibly no photos on Commons]
• Lower Swell - War Memorial, Lower Swell, Gloucestershire, GL54 1LF SP 17374 25528
• Maidstone - The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Cenotaph, Brenchley Gardens, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1QN [Adjacent to Maidstone East railway station]
• Lindisfarne - Holy Island War Memorial, The Heugh, Holy Island, Northumberland, TD15 2RX NU1263741658 [Adjacent to Grade I listed Lindisfarne Priory, walking distance to Grade I listed castle]
  • Note: Check tide times! Access to Holy Island is only by a tidal causeway that is unsafe to cross approximately 2 hours either side of high tide. http://orawww.northumberland.gov.uk/www2/holyisland/holyisland.asp
• Rochdale Cenotaph - The Esplanade, Rochdale OL16 1AB SD8953013314 [15 minutes walk from Rochdale railway station]
• Spalding - Ayscoughfee Hall Gardens, Ayscoughfee Hall, Church Gate, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 2RA  TF2491722256
• Beaumont College - Old Windsor, Berkshire SL4 2JP SU9890973250
  • Check public access - memorial is in the grounds of an upscale hotel and conference venue
  • 20-40 minutes walk to Runnymede memorials
• Radcliffe Cenotaph - Blackburn Street, Radcliffe M26 3WQ SD 78371 07362 [10 minutes walk from Radcliffe tram stop]
• Stalybridge - Stalybridge War Memorial, Trinity Street, Stalybridge SJ 96341 98565 [5 minutes walk from Stalybridge railway station. Opposite Grade II listed former town hall]
• Bristol [10 minutes walk from each other, 10-20 minutes walk from Clifton Railway station. Both walking distance to Grade I listed Clifton Suspension Bridge]
  • Bristol (79th Reg) - Clifton Down, Bristol ST 56983 73276 [Do not attempt to drive here in rush hour!]
  • Clifton College (South Africa) - Clifton College, College Road, Clifton, Bristol ST 57017 73843 [Check public access - memorial is in the college grounds]
• Wigan - south of All Saints Church, Wallgate, Wigan SD 58185 05640 [Less than 5 minutes walk from both Wigan Wallgate and Wigan North Western railway stations]
• Stretton- on-Dunsmore - 29th Division War Memorial, Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Warkwickshire. Junction of A45 London Road and B4455 Fosse Way. SP4148673267
• Grantham
• Worksop
• Affpuddle
• Rolvenden
• Muncaster
• Miserden, GL6 7JA
• Lower Swell
• Hartburn, NE64 4JB

medium priority

• Madingley
• Southport
• Folkestone
• Coventry
• Reading
• Southampton, SO15 2BG
• Liverpool
• Port Sunlight
• Stockton
• Trumpington
• Saltburn
• Devon County
• Worcester
• Newcastle (South Africa)
• Runnymede
• Sedburgh School
• Dover
• Lewes
• Plymouth
• Exeter (City)
• Deal
• Hythe
• Retford
• Bury, BL9 0DF
• Bridgwater
• Stockbridge
• Hove

low priority

• All of London (easily done at any time, because public transport works in London, and most have decent photos already)
• Leicester
• Derby
• Gerrards Cross
• Newcastle (The Response)
• West Kirby
• Engine Room
• Manchester
• Bournemouth

By location

SW

1. Mells, Somerset
2. 79th Reg, Clifton, Bristol
3. South Africa, Clifton College, Bristol
4. Devon County (Exeter)
5. East Pennard, Somerset
6. Plymouth (Naval)
7. Bournemouth
8. Exeter (City)
9. Affpuddle, Dorset
10. Bridgwater, Somerset
11. Lower Swell, Glos
12. Miserden, Glos

SE

1. Southampton
2. Beaumont College, Berks
3. Brompton (Boer War)
4. Brompton (Crimea)
5. Air Forces, Runnymede, Surrey
6. Dover (Patrol)
7. QORWK, Maidstone
8. Lewes, ES
9. Busbridge, Surrey
10. Reading (Royal Berks)
11. Southend
12. Deal, Kent
13. Hythe, Kent
14. Folkestone
15. Gerrards Cross, Bucks
16. Abinger Common, Surrey
17. Hove, ES
18. King's Somborne, Hants
19. Oxford (OBLI)
20. Rolvenden, Kent
21. Sandhurst, Kent
22. Stockridge, Hants
23. Wargrave, Berks
24. Tyringham, Bucks

London

1. Whitehall
2. Tower Hill (x2 - Mercantile Marine and Merchant Seamen)
3. RA, Hyde Park Corner
4. Guards, Horseguards
5. Bromley
6. BMA House (WWII)
7. East Surrey, Battersea Park
8. Machine Gun, Hyde Park Corner
9. Belgian, Victoria Embankment
10. Royal Naval Division, Horseguards
11. LNWR, Euston
12. Cavalry, Hyde Park Corner
13. Civil Service, Somerset House
14. BMA House (gates)
15. Richmond Cemetery (South African)

WM

1. Worcester (South Africa)
2. Rugby (Thomson-Houston)
3. Stretton, Warks (29th Division)
4. Cov

EE

1. Trumpington, Cambs
2. Madingley, Cambs
3. Norwich (Stone of Remembrance)
4. Ashwell, Herts
5. Fordham, Cambs
6. Norwich (Roll of Honour)

EM

1. Leicester
2. Spalding
3. Northampton
4. MR, Derby
5. Grantham (St Wulfram's churchyard)
6. Worksop, Notts
7. Retford, Notts

NW

1. Port Sunlight, Merseyside
2. Rochdale, Greater Manchester
3. Liverpool
4. Radcliffe, GM
5. West Kirby, Merseyside
6. Stalybridge, GM
7. Wigan, GM
8. Southport, Merseyside
9. Engine Room, Liverpool
10. Manchester
11. Sedburgh School, Cumbria
12. Bury, GM (Lancashire Fusiliers)
13. Muncaster, Cumbria

YH

1. York (NER)
2. York (South Africa)
3. Saltburn, NY
4. Huddersfield
5. York (City)
6. Leeds (Rifles)

NE

1. Newcastle (The Response)
2. Stockton, CD
3. Newcastle (South Africa)
4. Lindsfarne
5. Hartburn, Northumberland

Wales

1. Cardiff (Welch Regiment)