Guards - U.K. Cemeteries list

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    ELTHAM CEMETERY, WOOLWICH
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Locality: London
    • Location Information: There are 57 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here. 6 of those who are buried is Section H are named on a small Screen Wall memorial erected nearby.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 57

    1. RAY, FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY F W H GUARDSMAN - Grenadier Guards 2612138 19.12.1946
     
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    ELTON (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, LANCASHIRE
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Locality: Lancashire
    • Historical Information: Elton (All Saints) Churchyard contains 14 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and nine from the Second World War.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 23

    1. TAYLOR, AURELE SYDNEY A S LANCE CORPORAL - Grenadier Guards 2617873 28.09.1940
     
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    ERITH (BROOK STREET) CEMETERY
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Locality: Kent
    • Location Information: This is between Belvedere and Erith, belongs to the Urban District Council.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 68

    1. FOX, EDWARD FRANK E F GUARDSMAN 2ND ARMD. BN. Grenadier Guards 14220374 01.07.1944
     
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    ESTON CEMETERY
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Locality: Yorkshire
    • Location Information: Eston is on the northern boundary of the North Riding near the mouth of the Tees. The town is 240 miles north-west of London and 5 miles south-east of Middlesborough. The cemetery is situated a quarter of a mile north of Normanby on the road to South Bank.
    • Historical Information: Eston Cemetery, was formed in 1863, and includes the old Church and Churchyard of St. Helen. Until 1935 it belonged to the Eston and Normanby Burial Board and was then taken over by Eston and Normanby Urban District Council. There is a group of 22 Second World War graves in Section P in the centre of the cemetery, one of which is the non-war grave of a Merchant Navy seaman whose death was not due to war service. There are 55 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war and 43, including 1 unidentified R.N. sailor, of the 1939-45 war here. The Cross is erected in front of the West Lodge.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 98

    1. 2717534 Edward Anthony BARRY, 3 Irish Guards
     
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    PLYMOUTH (FORD PARK) CEMETERY
    FORD PARK CEMETERY (FORMERLY PLYMOUTH OLD CEMETERY) (PENNYCOMEQUICK)
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Locality: Devon
    • Historical Information: During the First World War, Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse contained between them the Royal Dockyard, Royal Naval Barracks (known as H.M.S. Vivid), the Royal Marine Barracks of the Plymouth Division, and naval and military hospitals. For the duration of the war, Devonport was made headquarters of the Auxiliary Patrol Area. Plymouth was a naval station second only to Portsmouth during the Second World War. Devonport was also an important military station and there was a R.A.F station at Mount Batten, opposite Plymouth. Ford Park Cemetery contains 752 burials of the First World War, more than 200 of them in a naval plot, the rest scattered throughout the cemetery. All of the 198 Second World War burials are scattered, 1 of which is an unidentified airman of the Royal Air Force. There are a further 4 Foreign National and 1 non world war service burials here.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 954

    1. MITCHELMORE, WILLIAM HENRY W H GUARDSMAN 4TH BN. Coldstream Guards 14224834 09.07.1947
     
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    GATESHEAD (SALTWELL) CEMETERY
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Locality: Durham
    • Historical Information: The cemetery contains war graves of both world wars, all lying in different parts of the cemetery. A Cross of Sacrifice commemorating jointly the servicemen buried in this cemetery and in The East Cemetery was erected after the 1914-1918 War, and stands in the entrance to Gateshead East Cemetery. The cemetery covers an area of approximately 37 acres.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 123

    1. MOSES, ALEXANDER BELL A B GUARDSMAN - Coldstream Guards 2653160 03.06.1940
     
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    GLASGOW (CARDONALD) CEMETERY
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Locality: Glasgow
    • Historical Information: Glasgow was one of the ports of embarkation for the British Expeditionary Force in 1914 and several military hospitals opened in the city during the First World War, including the 3rd and 4th Scottish General (1,200 beds each), and the Merryflats War Hospital (500 beds). Battalions of a number of Scottish regiments had their headquarters at Glasgow during both wars, most notably the Highland Light Infantry. The Clydeside shipyards were targeted by German bombers during the Blitz, and Glasgow suffered a particularly ferocious attack on the night of 13/14 March 1941 when many civilians and servicemen were killed. Glasgow (Cardonald) Cemetery contains 161 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, including 2 unidentified seamen, a number of them forming a war graves plot in Section E. This plot also contains one non-war service burial and 38 war graves of other nationalities, many of them made from the prisoner-of-war camp at Johnstone Castle, just outside Glasgow.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 198

    1. MOORE, WILLIAM NAISMITH W N LANCE SERJEANT - Scots Guards 3307335 BETWEEN 11.05.1941 AND 20.05.1941
     
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    GLASGOW (CRAIGTON) CEMETERY
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Locality: Glasgow
    • Historical Information: During the two world wars, the United Kingdom became an island fortress used for training troops and launching land, sea and air operations around the globe. There are more than 170,000 Commonwealth war graves in the United Kingdom, many being those of servicemen and women killed on active service, or who later succumbed to wounds. Others died in training accidents, or because of sickness or disease. The graves, many of them privately owned and marked by private memorials, will be found in more than 12,000 cemeteries and churchyards. Glasgow was one of the ports of embarkation for the British Expeditionary Force in 1914 and several military hospitals opened in the city during the First World War, including the 3rd and 4th Scottish General (1,200 beds each), and the Merryflats War Hospital (500 beds). Battalions of a number of Scottish regiments had their headquarters at Glasgow during both wars, most notably the Highland Light Infantry. The Clydeside shipyards were targeted by German bombers during the Blitz, and Glasgow suffered a particularly ferocious attack on the night of 13/14 March 1941 when many civilians and servicemen were killed. Glasgow (Cragton) Cemetery contains 165 scattered burials of the First World War and 84 from the Second World War.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 251

    1. SCOTT, JAMES J LANCE CORPORAL - Scots Guards 2698826 17.07.1943
     
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