Between the 13th and 15th of March 1941, the German airforce dropped over 250 tonnes of bombs on Clydeside, killing around 1,200 people (half in Clydebank and half in Glasgow). This gravestone in Eastwood New Cemetery is a reminder that to this day, not all the bodies of those who were killed were ever identified. It's one of half a dozen similar stones in a row tucked away at the back of the graveyard.
An angel gravestone being enveloped by a tree in Glasgow's Western Necropolis.
The unusual and rather beautiful tiled grave memorial for Alexander Smith, a slater, on a wall of the churchyard of Glasgow Cathedral.
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Graveyard with Cat in Moonlight, in celebration of Halloween.
Sketching new,old and abandoned graves, some pristine, some neglected . A cat ran ahead of me, then stood on top of a flat gravestone, outlined in light, casting a dark shadow.
My interpretation is of this scene at night, with a full moon.
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The amazing collection of sculptured medieval graveslabs in the lapidarium, originally a burial aisle, in the churchyard at Kilmartin Church in Argyll. These are some of the more recent historical wonders to be found in Kilmartin Glen. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kilmartin/kilmartinstones/index.html
https://MemsDead.com is a tool to help you make the most of a wonderful source for researching Irish family history and local history: the Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, also known as the Journal of the Irish Memorials Association.
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Alter St. Matthäus Kirchhof, Schöneberg.
Tomb of Mary Wollstonecraft in London, England
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Tomb of Mary Wollstonecraft
About half of the 1,200 people killed in these air raids were in Glasgow and the other half in Clydebank, and while this part of the city was not hit, there was a temporary mortuary at nearby Crossmaloof and these mass burials may have originated from bodies which arrived there, but were never identified or claimed.
Walking through Eastwood New Cemetery on the southside of Glasgow recently, I was struck by the presence of a series of gravestones marking the last resting places of around twenty five unidentified people killed in the Clydebank Blitz in March 1941.
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The Glasgow Necropolis: Many of the architects and sculptors who created the beautiful buildings for the city of the living also created monuments for the city of the dead.
Angel gravestone being enveloped by a tree in Glasgow's Western Necropolis.
I just love this tree - everyone should have such a well guarded resting place #ThickTrunkTuesday #Gravestones #Cemeteries
https://MemsDead.com is a tool to help you make the most of a wonderful source for researching Irish family history and local history: the Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, also known as the Journal of the Irish Memorials Association.
