Finstown, Orkney, War Memorial and Graves
Posted in War Graves, War Memorials at 12:00 on 25 January 2023
Finstown is a small settlement about halfway between Kirkwall and Stromness. Its War Memorial is a simple obelisk lying beside the A 965 road through the village:-
Closer view:-
Dedication “to the soldiers and sailors of Firth.” (Finstown lies on the Bay of Firth,) and names Flett-Hourston:-
Names Sclater-Turfus:-
Names Kent – Scarth:-
World War 2 Dedication and Names:-
In the graveyard behind the memorial lie two Commonwealth War Graves, both from World War 2.
Marine N Isbister, RML, HMS Proserpine, 8/7/1944, aged 24, a local whose name is on the War Memorial:-
Lance Bombardier J M Bews, Royal Artillery, 26/3/1941, aged 20:-
Tags: Finstown, First World War, Orkney, Second World War, the Great War, War Graves, War Memorials, World War 1, World War 2, WW1, WW2, WWI, WWII
