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Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery
Warwickshire
Location & Directions
Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Hoy and Graemsay, is on Hoy, between Mill Bay and Ore Bay.
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Contact & Burial Authority
Burial groundLyness Royal Naval Cemetery
Site addressLyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Hoy and Graemsay, is on Hoy, between Mill Bay and Ore Bay.
Operator addressDirector Commonwealth War Graves Commission UK Area Jenton Road Sydenham Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV31 1XS
County or regionWarwickshire
Managing authorityCommonwealth War Graves Commission
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Additional notesLyness Royal Naval Cemetery was begun in 1915 when Scapa Flow was the base of the Grand Fleet. Lyness remained as a Royal Naval base until July 1946 and the cemetery contains graves from both wars. There are 445 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 109 of which are unidentifed. The majority of the graves are of officers, ratings, and members of the land forces lost from H.M.S. "Hampshire," "Vanguard," "Narborough" and "Opal." The 200 burials of the Second World War in the cemetery include th
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