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    Memorial

    HMS Vanguard- Cross

    Memorial to crew of H.M.S. VANGUARD, exploded and sank in Scapa Flow 9th July 1917

    Source: Copyright Martin Briscoe

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    Current Location

    Head for Cross of Sacrifice, H.M.S. VANGUARD memorial is on the left hand side near boundary., Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness (Isle of Hoy), Orkney, Highlands and Islands, KW16 3NS, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    ND 30263 94605

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    61733
    Description
    Celtic cross
    Inscription
    Plinth: VANGUARD Plinth: ERECTED BY/ RELATIVES/ AND/ SQUADRONMATES/ Plinth: TRADITIONS NEVER DIE
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    War
    Regimental Memorials

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 2000mm




    • http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2067&mforum=warmemscot
    • List of casualties & survivors-http://www.gwpda.org/naval/vancaslt.htm
    • http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Orkney/LynessHMSVanguard.html
    • Other website Orkney Image Library http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/imagelibrary/picture/number12512.asp
    • The Cheshire Ancestor - Journal of the Family History Society of Cheshire Volume 49, Issue 3- pages 19-21 concerning casualties from the historic county of Cheshire (as opposed to the post 1974 county)- Stoker 1st Class Herbert Dixon K/13251 of Partington & Hunts Cross Stoker 1st Class John (Jack) Farrer SS/116081 of Ashton-under-Lyne Gunner (Royal Marine Artillery) RMA/13309 John Bertram Wright/Kirk of Stockport & Prestbury (Macclesfield) Telegraphist Harold Wright J/32595 of Runcorn Able Seaman William Wyatt 215671 of Stockport & Ediburgh Lieutenant Oscar Humphrey Stoehr of Alderley Edge
  • HMS Vanguard Photographic Project, run by Wendy Sadler (whose great uncle was Henry Metcalf, lost on the ship)-www.facebook.co/groups/285557418518769/