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    NUNHEAD (ALL SAINTS) CEMETERY
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Locality: London
    • Historical Information: Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery contains 580 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war. The majority are in three war graves plots; the United Kingdom plot (in Square 89) has 266 graves, the Australian plot (near the main entrance) has 23 and the Canadian plot (in Square 52, also containing New Zealand and South African burials) has 36. The graves in the Australian and Canadian plots are marked with individual headstones. The graves in the United Kingdom plot and the remaining war graves scattered throughout the cemetery could not be marked individually; the casualties buried in these graves are therefore commemorated by name on a Screen Wall inside the main entrance gate to the cemetery. A second Screen Wall commemorates the 110 burials of the 1939-1945 war in a further war graves plot in Square 5 and elsewhere in the cemetery whose graves could not be marked by headstones. There is also 1 Belgian burial of the 1914-1918 war and 7 Non-war Service burials, all commemorated on the Screen Wall.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 698

    1. 2724513 William Henry SHERLOCK, 1 Irish Guards
     
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    OLDHAM (GREENACRES) CEMETERY
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Locality: Lancashire
    • Historical Information: There are now 80, 1914-1918 and more than 60, 1939-1945 war casualties commemorated in this site.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 142

    1. SHAW, WILLIAM HENRY W H GUARDSMAN - Coldstream Guards 4614268 18.06.1944
     
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    ST. MARY CRAY CEMETERY
    ORPINGTON (ST. MARY CRAY) CEMETERY
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Locality: Kent
    • Historical Information: Orpington (St Mary Cray) Cemetery was used during the Second World War by the nearby R.A.F. Station at Biggin Hill, and the majority of its 59 war burials are of airmen. The war graves plot to the left of the entrance contains 50 of the 59 Commonwealth burials and the graves of three Polish airmen. The rest of the war graves are scattered throughout the cemetery. 2 of the burials are unidentified airman of the R.A.F.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 60

    1. WEBSTER, AUSTIN A SERJEANT - Grenadier Guards 2615268 23.07.1944
     
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    OSWESTRY GENERAL CEMETERY
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Locality: Shropshire
    • Historical Information: Some of the war burials in Oswestry General Cemetery are in the reserved plot in Section T, which is now a combined First and Second World War plot. The remainder are either in a single row to the west of this plot or scattered throughout the rest of the cemetery. The cemetery contains 52 First World War burials (made mainly from the large Oswestry Military Hospital at Park Hall Camp) and 39 Second World War burials.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 91

    1. LLOYD, WILLIAM EDWARD DERRICK W E D GUARDSMAN - Grenadier Guards 2628265 17.03.1946
     
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    OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Locality: Oxfordshire
    • Location Information: Leave the Oxford Western bypass (A34) at the Botley Interchange (A34-A420 junction). From the raised roundabout take the exit signposted Oxford A420. At the traffic lights at the bottom of the slipway, bear left then immediately right into North Hinksey Lane. After about 100 metres the lane bends sharp left. The entrance to the Cemetery is about 50 metres beyond the sharp bend on the right hand side. Vehicle access is permitted into the Cemetery. The Commonwealth War Graves Plot is at the end of the driveway behind the Chapel.
    • 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. During the First World War, the 3rd Southern General Hospital (an Oxfordshire Territorial Unit) was housed in the Examination Schools and a number of other buildings in Oxford. Oxford (Botley) Cemetery contains 156 burials from the First World War, all in the war graves plot in section I/1. The cemetery was designated a Royal Air Force regional cemetery during the Second World War and was used by RAF stations in Berkshire and neighbouring counties. Practically all of the 516 Second World War burials (one of them unidentified) are in the war graves plot, which was extended from the section used during the First World War. The architectural features of the plot were designed by Edward Maufe, ARA. In addition to the Commonwealth war graves, Oxford (Botley) Cemetery contains almost 70 war graves of other nationalities.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 741

    1. 2723535 John Griffith VERNEDE, 3 Irish Guards
     
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    OXFORD (ROSE HILL) CEMETERY
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Locality: Oxfordshire
    • Historical Information: This cemetery contains 28 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and a further 58 of the 1939-1945 war. The war graves are widely distributed throughout the burial ground, half of the 1939-1945 burials being marked by permanent private memorials.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 87

    1. NOLAN, ANDREW A GUARDSMAN - Coldstream Guards 2663067 01.09.1940
     
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    PAPWORTH EVERARD (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Locality: Cambridgeshire
    • Historical Information: There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1914-1918 war and 9 of the 1939-1945 war here.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 10

    1. KERR, STANLEY S LANCE CORPORAL 3RD BN. Grenadier Guards 2610896 04.09.1941
     
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