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:-