Veryan - UK's longest grave - The Hera victims
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Veryan - UK's longest grave - The Hera victims by Rob Farrow as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Veryan - UK's longest grave - The Hera victims
Image: © Rob Farrow Taken: 3 Aug 2024
This remarkably long grave (about 100' (30m)) is along the southern boundary of the churchyard of Image] It is the final resting place of 15 of the 19 casualties of the sinking of the German ship Hera on the night of 31st January/1st February 1914 which had foundered on the outliers of Gull Rock just off Nare Head off the coast to the south of the village. The headstone (in the distance in this image, but seen here Image]) commemorates all 19 victims including the three whose bodies were never recovered and the captain, whose body was returned to Germany.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
50.218734
Longitude
-4.921815