View of Cross of Sacrifice from N.
C 73176 CN
Description View of Cross of Sacrifice from N.
Date 30/5/1996
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number C 73176 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 645453
Scope and Content Cross of Sacrifice, World War I and II Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy, Orkney Islands Originally created during the Great War, the Naval Cemetery at Lyness is a formal tribute to the memory of Royal Navy personnel who died in both World Wars. Dedicated especially to those who lost their lives as a result of local naval tragedies involving HMS Hampshire (1916), HMS Vanguard (1917) and HMS Royal Oak (1939), it also records losses at the Battle of Jutland (1916), to which the Grand Fleet had sailed out of Scapa Flow. This view shows the symbolic Cross of Sacrifice which stands at the centre of Lyness Naval Cemetery. Erected in the aftermath of World War I, it bears the biblical inscription: Their Name Liveth For Evermore (Ecclesiasticus 44:14). The cross in the background is a collective memorial to Roman Catholic officers and men. At the heart of the Orkney archipelago, Scapa Flow was the main fleet anchorage for the Royal Navy during both World Wars. Its vital importance led to the creation of one of the most concentrated defence networks in Britain. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Medium Colour negative
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