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adb41
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:56 pm Post subject: Kirkwall, St Olaf's |
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Another major Orkney cemetery, as far as wargraves are concerned, is at St Olaf's. This graveyard lies 1 mile south of the town of Kirkwall, about half a mile off the A964 road leading towards Orphir.
CWGC report 125 war-related burials there.
I visited the cemetery on October 4th, 2008.
A note on the pictures:
They are in alphabetical order of surname, irrespective of nationality.
Some of the pics are a wee bit fuzzy, due to low light conditions during the visit.
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adb41
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Picture supplied by ADB41
Picture supplied by highgroundsman
Petty Officer Airman ABBOTT, GEORGE HERBERT
Son of Henry Ernest and Jessie Brown McIntosh Abbott, of Glasgow.
Nationality: United Kingdom
Service / Regiment: Royal Navy, H.M.S. "Tern"
Service number: FX/91510
Commonwealth War Dead
Date of death: 01/05/44 at the age of 20
Buried at KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, Plot 33. Grave 10.
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adb41
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Gunner ALLEN, EDWARD IVOR
Son of Henry and Ellen Allen.
Nationality: United Kingdom
Service / Regiment: Royal Artillery, 487 Bty., 115 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Service number: D/25823
Commonwealth War Dead
Date of death: 28/11/43 at the age of 43
Buried at KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, Plot 33. Joint grave 17. |
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adb41
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Sub-Lieutenant (A) BARBER, DOUGLAS LEONARD FRANCIS
Son of Leonard and Lilian Angela Barber, of Brighton, Sussex.
Nationality: United Kingdom
Service / Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. Sparrowhawk.
Service number:
Commonwealth War Dead
Date of death: 20/01/43 at the age of 20
Buried at KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, Plot 33. Joint grave 9. |
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adb41
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Chief Skipper BASS, SAMUEL
Nationality: United Kingdom
Service / Regiment: Royal Naval Reserve, H.M. Trawler Scalby Wyke
Commonwealth War Dead
Date of death: 24/10/40
Buried at KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, Plot 2. Grave 29. |
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adb41
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Leading Airman BASSETT, BENJAMIN
Son of Benjamin and Margaret Bassett; husband of Edna Winifred Audrey Bassett, of Gloucester.
Nationality: United Kingdom
Service / Regiment: Royal Navy, H.M.S. Tern
Service number: FX/89048
Commonwealth War Dead
Date of death: 18/09/42 at the age of 20
Buried at KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, Plot 33. Joint grave 3. |
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adb41
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Sjømann BERNTZEN, BERNER
Nationality: Norway
Service / Regiment: Navy,
For Norge
Date of death: 20/03/40 at the age of 44
Buried at KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, |
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adb41
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Petty Officer Air Mechanic (A) BEWICK, JOSEPH GEORGE
Son of George and Elizabeth Bewick; husband of Eveline Agnes Bewick, of Cleadon, South Shields, Co. Durham.
Nationality: United Kingdom
Service / Regiment: Royal Navy, H.M.S. Sparrowhawk
Service number: FX/81285
Commonwealth War Dead
Date of death: 13/07/42 at the age of 27
Buried at KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, Plot 2. Grave 28. |
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adb41
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Sjømann BJAARSTAD, ADRIAN
Nationality: Norway
Service / Regiment: Navy,
For Norge
Date of death: 27/01/40 at the age of 41
Buried at KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, |
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adb41
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Fireman and Trimmer BLACK, JAMES
Husband of Isabella Watt Black, of Ayr.
Nationality: United Kingdom
Service / Regiment: Merchant Navy, S.S. Giralda (Leith)
Commonwealth War Dead
Date of death: 30/01/40 at the age of 53
Buried at KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, Plot 2. Joint grave 3A. |
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adb41
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Air Fitter (O) BLACK, WILLIAM
Son of David and Isabella Mason Black, of Forfar, Angus.
Nationality: United Kingdom
Service / Regiment: Royal Navy, H.M.S. Newcastle
Service number: FX/77318
Commonwealth War Dead
Date of death: 22/03/40 at the age of 22
Buried at KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, Plot 1. Grave 23. |
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Leading Airman BOAR, ALEC STEWART
Son of Robert Blatchford Boar and Elsie Boar, of Blackpool, Lancashire.
Nationality: United Kingdom
Service / Regiment: Royal Navy, H.M.S. Tern
Service number: FX/86896
Commonwealth War Dead
Date of death: 01/05/44 at the age of 20
Buried at KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, Plot 33. Joint grave 19. |
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Fireman and Trimmer BRADLEY, JESSE
Nationality: United Kingdom
Service / Regiment: Merchant Navy, S.S. Giralda (Leith)
Commonwealth War Dead
Date of death: 30/01/40 at the age of 51
Buried at KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, Plot 2. Joint grave 7A. |
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Sjømann BRANDVIK, JOHAN
Nationality: Norway
Service / Regiment: Navy
For Norge
Date of death: 27/01/40 at the age of 23
Buried at KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, |
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Lieutenant BRETT, STANLEY GEORGE
Son of George Henry and Margaret Ethel Brett, of Newmarket, Suffolk.
Nationality: United Kingdom
Service / Regiment: Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Daedalus
Commonwealth War Dead
Date of death: 04/06/43 at the age of 24
Buried at KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, Plot 33. Joint grave 15. |
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