German military cemetery for pilots and naval personnel who died in the Second World War, Glencree, County Wicklow, Ireland
The graveyard is set in the beautiful location of Glencree. Most of the graves are of German pilots or naval personnal who died in the Second World War. 53 are identified, 28 are unknown. Six deaths date from World War I, they were prisoners of war held by the British. Forty six German civilian detainees were being shipped from England to Canada for internment when their ship, Arandora Star was torpedoed by a German U-Boat off Tory island in July 1940. Dr Hermann Goertz, a German spy is also here.
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