Not Just Any Cross

I often Blip about Falmouth Cemetery, it’s one of my favourite places. It is in three parts on opposite sides of the road. This photograph is of the upper half of the ‘old’ side. Taken from Captains Walk, a footpath that splits the upper and lower levels it shows the Cross of Sacrifice. It is a Commonwealth War Memorial, designed in 1918 for the Imperial War Graves Commission which preceded the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and denotes that the cemetery holds over forty War Graves. A granite Latin cross with a bronze long sword, blade down, affixed to the front of the cross and mounted on an octagonal base.

Visitors to the cemetery often head straight to the lower level where the WWII graves are. Neatly arranged in ordered rows they include some from the St Nazaire raid including Able Seaman Bill Savage V.C. But I prefer the upper level where the WWI and earlier graves are, more haphazard they include combatants from the United States, France, Italy, Japan and Germany.

Very peaceful, as are most cemeteries, interesting and I’ll no doubt be back.