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Date: 29 March 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Telephoto Camera 52mm ƒ/2.4
Focal Length: 52mm
Aperture: ƒ/2.4
Shutter Speed: 1/305s
ISO: 16
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

From Wikipedia:

A statue of Henry Campbell-Bannerman by Paul Raphael Montford stands in Stirling, Scotland. Erected in 1913, it depicts Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Liberal Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs. It is located on Corn Exchange Road and is close to Stirling railway station. Historic Environment Scotland notes the statue as a listed building.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: Corn Exchange Road, Stirling
Material: Bronze
Artist: Paul Raphael Montford (1868-1938)
Date: 1930

Image Details
Date: 29 March 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Telephoto Camera 52mm ƒ/2.4
Focal Length: 52mm
Aperture: ƒ/2.4
Shutter Speed: 1/50s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

From Wikipedia:

The Church of the Holy Rude (Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais na Crois Naoimh) is the medieval parish church of Stirling, Scotland. It is named after the Holy Rood, a relic of the True Cross on which Jesus was crucified. The church was founded in 1129 during the reign of David I, but the earliest part of the present church dates from the 15th century. As such it is the second oldest building in Stirling after Stirling Castle, parts of which date from the later 14th century. The chancel and tower were added in the 16th century.

Stirling Castle has long been a favoured residence of the Scottish monarchs, and was developed as a Renaissance palace during the reigns of the later Stewart kings. The Church of the Holy Rude, adjacent to the castle, became similarly associated with the Scottish monarchy, hosting royal baptisms and coronations. It is one of three churches still in use in Britain that have been the sites of coronations.

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Date: 1 February 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/4.2
Shutter Speed: 1/500s
ISO: 450
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Awarded to Colonel Sir William Douglas KCB

William Douglas was an unrivalled leader and commander in the Regiment’s history. He joined the gist in 1798 and was Commanding Officer from 1808 to 1818. He led the gist in six of the battles recorded on The Colours.

He commanded the gist through most of the Peninsular War, in France and the Low Countries. He was wounded at the Battles of Orthes and Toulouse. His actions at the capture of Cambrai were mentioned in dispatches.

In 1815, The Duke of Wellington awarded Douglas the Army Gold Cross with clasps ‘Nivelle’ and ‘Pyrenees’ (one of only 163 ever awarded) and the silver Waterloo Medal. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath for gallantry aged 35.

From Wikipedia:

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725. Recipients of the Order are usually senior military officers or senior civil servants, and the monarch awards it on the advice of His Majesty’s Government. The name derives from an elaborate medieval ceremony for preparing a candidate to receive his knighthood, of which ritual bathing (as a symbol of purification) was an element. While not all knights went through such an elaborate ceremony, knights so created were known as “knights of the Bath”.

George I constituted the Knights of the Bath as a regular military order. He did not revive the order, which did not previously exist, in the sense of a body of knights governed by a set of statutes and whose numbers were replenished when vacancies occurred.

The Order consists of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom (currently King Charles III), the Great Master (currently William, Prince of Wales), and three Classes of members:

Knight Grand Cross (GCB) or Dame Grand Cross (GCB);
Knight Commander (KCB) or Dame Commander (DCB); and
Companion (CB).
Members belong to either the Civil Division or the Military Division. Knight Companion (KB), the order’s only class prior to 1815, is no longer an option. Commonwealth citizens who are not subjects of the British monarch and foreign nationals may be made honorary members.

The Order of the Bath is the fourth most senior of the British orders of chivalry, after the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Thistle, and the (dormant) Order of St Patrick.

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Date: 1 February 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 55mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/25s
ISO: 800
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Awarded to Lieutenant (Adjutant) William McBean, 93rd Sutherland Highlanders.

At Lucknow in 1858 he encountered 11 of the enemy and killed each one in turn with his sword. I was there to kill and I did my best in that.’ William enlisted as a Private and rose through the ranks to become a Major General.

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Date: 1 February 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/50s
ISO: 160
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In the Regimental Museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland

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Date: 1 February 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/46s
ISO: 100
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Date: 1 February 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/20s
ISO: 800
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Date: 1 February 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/23s
ISO: 640
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Designed in 1817 as a ‘genteel building of three stories…..containing two elegant shops with suitable apartments above for a, assembly room, library and reading room with a steeple in the centre.’ The porch and statue (‘The Wee Wallace’) were added in 1859 and commemorate William Wallace, Scots hero of the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.

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Date: 1 February 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 18mm
Aperture: ƒ/3.5
Shutter Speed: 1/800s
ISO: 400
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Image details
Date: 1 February 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 55mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/125s
ISO: 800
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International