Guards - U.K. Cemeteries list

WALLASEY (RAKE LANE) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Cheshire
• Location Information: This is between Upper Brighton and Liscard, North-East of the original village of Wallasey.
• Historical Information: There is a Screen Wall memorial near the Cross of Sacrifice to commemorate those whose graves are not marked by headstones.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 248

1. 3778234 Gordon Henry GREEN, Welsh Guards

 

WALLSEND (CHURCH BANK) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Northumberland
• Historical Information: The cemetery covers about nine acres and contains graves of both wars. There is a Cross of Sacrifice, placed near the Church Bank entrance.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 58

1. DOUGHNEY, ROBERT ANTHONY R A GUARDSMAN - Coldstream Guards 2659421 25.06.1940

 

WALSALL (RYECROFT) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Staffordshire
• Historical Information: Walsall (Ryecroft) Cemetery contains 97 scattered burials of the First World War, 79 from the Second World War and one non-war service grave.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 177

1. INSTONE, HERBERT THOMAS H T LANCE CORPORAL - Grenadier Guards 2611658 06.03.1945
2. 2738301 Thomas Edward TEECE, Welsh Guards

 

WALTHAMSTOW (QUEEN'S ROAD) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Essex
• No. of Identified Casualties: 143

1. WOOD, ERNEST FREDERICK E F LANCE CORPORAL 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2659360 15.05.1942

 

WALTON-LE-DALE (ST. LEONARD) CHURCHYARD

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Lancashire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 7

1. BERRY, GEORGE G GUARDSMAN 4TH BN. Grenadier Guards 2620731 29.06.1942

 

WANDSWORTH (EARLSFIELD) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: London
• Location Information: This is to the North-East of Earlsfield Station and is bounded by the Magdalen Road on the East and the main railway line on the West. It contains five 1914-1918 War Plots, (the general Military Plot, the Australian, the Newfoundland, the New Zealand and the South African plots. These are on the main path leading West from Magdalen Road and there are also over 200 burials in other parts of the cemetery. The Military Plot contains a Screen Wall bearing the names of those buried in it and those in unmarked graves in other parts of the cemetery. The majority of the 1939-1945 burials are scattered throughout the cemetery but there is one group of six burials together in a War Plot near the main entrance. Again, those whose graves are unmarked are also named upon the Screen Wall, Panel 1.
• Historical Information: Many of the 1914-1918 burials are from the 3rd London General Hospital which was at Wandsworth. There are 477 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 115 of the 1939-1945 war here. There are also 5 non-war service burials here.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 599

1. 2719737 Dennis George GIBSON, Irish Guards

 

PUTNEY VALE CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM
WANDSWORTH (PUTNEY VALE) CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: London
• Location Information: The cemetery is on the south-east side of Kingston Road adjoining Putney Heath. The burials are scattered throughout the cemetery and a Screen Wall Memorial is erected to record the names of those whose graves are not marked by headstones. Those who were cremated at Wandsworth (Putney Vale) Crematorium are also recorded on these panels.
• Historical Information: There are 87 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 97 of the 1939-1945 war here.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 220

1. 2733304 William DAVIES, 3 Welsh Guards
2. PRITCHARD, HUGH EDWIN H E LIEUTENANT 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 138606 11.03.1943

 

STREATHAM CEMETERY
WANDSWORTH (STREATHAM) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: London
• Location Information: The cemetery is in Garratt Lane, mid way between Upper and Lower Tooting. It contains scattered burials and those whose graves are not marked by headstones are recorded on a Screen Wall Memorial at the junctions of Blocks F, L, G and M.
• Historical Information: There are 210 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 167 of the 1939-1945 war here.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 377

1. 2730022 John Henry DICKMAN, Welsh Guards
2. 2717464 William Ronald SYTHES, 2 Irish Guards

 

WARMINSTER (ST. DENYS) CHURCHYARD

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Wiltshire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 10

1. SANDY, PAT CHARLES P C GUARDSMAN - Coldstream Guards 2668533 13.06.1946

 

WARRINGTON CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Lancashire
• 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. Warrington was the depot for the South Lancashire Regiment for both wars and was home to the Lord Derby War Hospital and White Cross Auxiliary Hospital during the First World War. During the Second World War, a shore establishment of the Fleet Air Arm was stationed there. Warrington Cemetery contains 197 First World War burials, 74 of them in a war graves plot with a Cross of Sacrifice. The 102 Second World War burials are scattered. A Polish airman is also buried in the cemetery.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 302

1. PICKLES, WILLIAM W GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2617524 15.11.1940

 

WASHINGTON (OUR LADY IMMACULATE) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Durham
• No. of Identified Casualties: 9

1. 2734858 Walter William BOOTES, 1 Welsh Guards

 

WATFORD CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Hertfordshire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 107

1. 2737056 David John EDWARDS, 2 Welsh Guards

 

WATFORD NORTH CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Hertfordshire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 45

1. 768990 Frederick Charles LAIN, 3 Grenadier Guards: 02/05/1940 Grave Reference Sec. B. Cons. Grave 569.

 

WATTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Norfolk
• No. of Identified Casualties: 39

1. TENNANT, VICTOR PERCY V P GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2656865 06.06.1940

 

WELLS CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Somerset
• No. of Identified Casualties: 25

1. POPLE, FRANCIS WILLIAM F W LANCE SERJEANT 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2654924 14.03.1942

 

WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Norfolk
• Historical Information: In addition to the 16 named burials an unidentified sailor of the Royal Navy and an unidentified airman of the Royal Air Force are buried in the cemetery.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 16

1. LOVICK, REDVERS GEORGE WILLIAMS R G W GUARDSMAN 6TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2665081 07.02.1943

 

ALPERTON CEMETERY
WEMBLEY (ALPERTON) BURIAL GROUND

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Middlesex
• Location Information: Alperton is in the extreme south of the municipal borough of Wembley, about seven miles north-west of London. The cemetery was formerly known as "Wembley New Burial Ground" to distinguish it from the other cemetery called "Wembley Old Burial Ground". It is owned by the Wembley Borough Council and covers over ten acres lying between Bridgewater Road and Clifford Road on the east and the Grand Union Canal on the west half a mile north-west of Alperton (District line) railway station.
• Historical Information: During the early months of the 1939-1945 War, ground was set aside by the local authorities for war burials, in Plot D.D. on the north-western side of the cemetery. This became the War Graves Plot and contains 33 service war burials, the remainder being scattered elsewhere in the cemetery. Also buried in the cemetery is an Australian veteran soldier of the 1914-1918 War, whose grave is maintained by the Commission on behalf of the Australian Government. The War Graves Plot is surrounded by a path, which is cut off by the canal on the south-west corner. The war graves, which are set in level turf, are on the southern side of the plot, the graves on the north side being those of members of the Auxiliary Fire Service and of civilian war dead for which the headstones were supplied by the Borough Council. The two distinct groups of graves are separated by a central avenue, at the head of which stands the Cross of Sacrifice. In the corner to the left of the Cross is an oak seat. There is now 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1914-1918 war and 76 of the 1939-1945 war in this cemetery. 1 veteran soldier and 32 civilian war burials are also maintained here.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 110

1. HUDSON, HARRY NOEL H N LANCE CORPORAL 4TH BN. Grenadier Guards 2614384 16.10.1942
2. MAGEE, MICHAEL M GUARDSMAN - Scots Guards 2698248 31.01.1943

 

WENLOCK (BROSELEY) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Shropshire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 19

1. 2736797 John Edwin SMITH, Welsh Guards

 

WEST BROMWICH (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD EXTENSIONS

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Staffordshire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 25

1. DAVIES, GEORGE EDWARD G E GUARDSMAN - Coldstream Guards 2659513 11.04.1940

 

WEST BROMWICH CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Staffordshire
• Historical Information: West Bromwich Cemetery contains 51 scattered burials of the First World War and 61 from the Second World War.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 112

1. BIRD, ERIC GEORGE E G GUARDSMAN - Coldstream Guards 2669810 23.08.1945
2. CAUSER, WILLIAM W GUARDSMAN 6TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2658876 14.02.1944
3. WHITEHOUSE, BENJAMIN B GUARDSMAN - Coldstream Guards 2664322 22.12.1944