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Layout of Nicosia War Cemetery (Plots 1 – 6) and Wayne’s Keep. The entrance is opposite the Cross of Sacrifice, at
bottom of image [south]). The northern boundary is marked by the Turkish ceasefire line and trenchline from 1974
Wayne’s Keep Military Cemetery
Wayne’s Keep Military Cemetery, covering the post-war period almost up to the independence of Cyprus
in 1960, is named after Mr Richard St. J. O. Wayne. He lived in a 2-storey house on a ridge in the vicinity
of what is now the cemetery. Wayne worked for the British Colonial Administrative Service in Cyprus
on two separate occasions. From 1927 to 1947, he was employed as Assistant Secretary in the Chief
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