War Graves, Mainland Orkney
Posted in Trips, War Graves at 20:00 on 8 August 2017
The churchyard cemetery at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, had a Commonwealth War Graves sign on it. There were two, both Seaforth Highlanders from the Great War.
Private J Brass, 30/10/1918, aged 18:-
Private J McKay, 11/11/1918, aged 21:-
Similarly, in Stromness’s Warebeth Cemetery on the shores of Hoy Sound, W Parsons, Second Hand, RNR, HM Trawler Dale Castle, 8th December 1918:-
And at Orphir, Lance Bombardier J W Bews, Royal Artillery, 26/3/1941, aged 20:-
Also in Orphir cemetery was this dedication to James Oliver Flett, Airborne Division, who died on active service, 22/4/1944, aged 22:-
Tags: First World War, Hoy Sound, Kirkwall, RNR, Seaforth Highlanders, Second World War, St Magnus Cathedral, Stromness, the Great War, Warebeth Cemetery, World War 1, World War 2, WW1, WW2, WWI, WWII
