Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery

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Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground in Orkney, Scotland, commemorating naval personnel who died in the World Wars.

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Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery
military cemetery
associatedWith Royal Navy
associatedWithNavalBase Scapa Flow naval base
linked to: Scapa Flow
commemorates naval personnel
commemoratesConflict First World War
linked to: World War I

Second World War
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom
hasBurialsFromCountry Australia
Canada
France
Germany
New Zealand
Norway
United Kingdom
hasBurialsFromService Royal Marines
Royal Navy
air services
merchant navy
hasCoordinateLocation approximate coordinates in Orkney, Scotland
hasFeature Cross of Sacrifice
hasGraveType Commonwealth war grave
naval war grave
hasHeritageDesignation Commonwealth War Graves Commission site
hasOwner Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
hasWarDeadFrom World War I
World War II
locatedIn Orkney
linked to: Orkney Islands

Scotland
locatedNear Lyness
locatedOn Hoy
maintainedBy Commonwealth War Graves Commission
overlooks Scapa Flow
region Northern Isles
usedForBurialsFrom 1915
usedForBurialsUntil post-1945

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Lyness hasFacility Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery