"At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them." - Laurence Binyon.
The ruins of Kinloss Abbey stand in the midst of a graveyard south of the village of Kinloss and two miles north east of Forres. The Abbey was destroyed in 1652 when Cromwell's soldiers purchased the stones to build the citadel at Inverness.
During the early part of the 1939-1945 War, a special plot was set aside for service war burials, and all but three of the war graves are in this plot. Elsewhere in the burial ground there is one 1914-1918 War grave. Contained within the grounds today are the Commonwealth War graves for fallen men from WWII, those serving with the Australian, Canadian and N.Z Air Forces plus others from the Royal Air Force.
This photo was taken on August 22, 2010
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6 comments:
Beautiful and sad. Reminds me of Kentail.
A very impressive, monumental photo!
Wonderful post. I'll bet the Abbey was beautiful in it's day.
Again, I am in awe at the age of the abbey. A beautiful, albeit sad, place for heroes' graves.
I love these beautiful old places.
Great photograph.
Have a great week.
Costas
«Louis» likes to visit graveyards where those who have fallen in defense of our freedom are buried and salute those resting there.
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