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Commonwealth War Graves St Olaf’s Cemetery

(UK: Scotland - Orkney Islands - Kirkwall)

There are 23 Commonwealth war graves from the 1914-18 war on St Olaf’s Cemetery in Kirkwall, 3 of which are unidentified sailors of the Royal Navy. There are a further 100 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-45 war, 16 of which are unidentified seamen of the Merchant Navy and 3 are unidentified sailors of the Royal Navy.
There are also 24 Foreign National war burials here and 4 non-war Service burials.

Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Derek Mayes