Cross at Lyle Hill in Greenock is a monument to Free French sailors

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Editorial use only. The large cross shaped as an anchor was erected after WW2 at this viewpoint on Lyle Hill Greenock as a monument to the Free French sailors who lost their lives in the battle of the Atlantic during WW2 The hill provides a fantastic vista of the Firth of Clyde with the town of Gourock in the foreground complete with the railway station and the CalMac ferry to Dunoon

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Size: 5652px × 3647px
Location: Lyle Hill Greenock Inverclyde Scotland
Photo credit: © John Peter Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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