Guards - U.K. Cemeteries list

BICKLEY (ST. WINIFREDE) CHURCHYARD

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Cheshire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 3

1. HEWITT, HARRY H GUARDSMAN - Grenadier Guards 2611126 14.09.1944

 

BIDDENDEN (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Kent
• No. of Identified Casualties: 2

1. 27388116 Frederick William Henry LANCASTER, Welsh Guards

 

BILSTON CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Staffordshire
• Historical Information: Bilston Cemetery contains 80 scattered burials of the First World War and 31 from the Second World War.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 111

1. MARTIN, JAMES KENNETH J K GUARDSMAN - Grenadier Guards 2612584 09.12.1945
2. PRITCHARD, JOHN J GUARDSMAN - Grenadier Guards 2616820 16.11.1940

 

BINFIELD CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Berkshire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 5

1. 95230 George Gipps ROMER, 2 Irish Guards

 

BIRMINGHAM (HANDSWORTH) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Warwickshire
• Historical Information: The First World War saw four important hospitals - besides many smaller - posted at Birmingham: the 1st Southern General (3,500 beds) was in the university and other buildings, with a section at Stourbridge; the 2nd/1st Southern General (1,800 beds) in the Dudley Road Infirmary and in billets; the 1st Birmingham War Hospital (1,000 beds) at Rubery Hill Asylum and the 2nd Birmingham War Hospital (900 beds) at Hollymoor Asylum. Military hospitals were at Birmingham again during the Second World War, including No 7 Canadian Hospital at Marston Green. Birmingham and Coventry were among the chief manufacturing areas producing materials for the war effort and were subjected to many devastating air raids during the Blitz of 1940-41. Birmingham (Handsworth) Cemetery contains 104 scattered burials of the First World War and 99 of the Second World War. A Screen Wall commemorates those whose graves could not be individually marked.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 203

1. 2702899 Alfred Lawson BRETT, 2 Scots Guards

 

BIRMINGHAM (LODGE HILL) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Warwickshire
• Historical Information: The First World War saw four important hospitals - besides many smaller - posted at Birmingham: the 1st Southern General (3,500 beds) was in the university and other buildings, with a section at Stourbridge; the 2nd/1st Southern General (1,800 beds) in the Dudley Road Infirmary and in billets; the 1st Birmingham War Hospital (1,000 beds) at Rubery Hill Asylum and the 2nd Birmingham War Hospital (900 beds) at Hollymoor Asylum. Military hospitals were at Birmingham again during the Second World War, including No 7 Canadian Hospital at Marston Green. Birmingham and Coventry were among the chief manufacturing areas producing materials for the war effort and were subjected to many devastating air raids during the Blitz of 1940-41. BIRMINGHAM (LODGE HILL) CEMETERY contains 498 First World War burials, most of them in a war graves plot in Section B10. The names of those buried in the plot, or in graves elsewhere in the cemetery which could not be individually marked, are inscribed on a Screen Wall. Second World War burials number 125, most of them scattered throughout the cemetery, although there is a small plot in Section 2E. BIRMINGHAM MUNICIPAL CREMATORIUM stands within the cemetery. In the chapel, there is a bronze plaque commemorating 48 servicemen of the Second World War whose remains were cremated there.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 634

1. BALLARD, THOMAS T LANCE CORPORAL 1ST ARMD. BN. Coldstream Guards 6259203 23.09.1943
2. STANDLEY, ROBERT R GUARDSMAN - Grenadier Guards 2624126 02.01.1947
3. WARD, JOHN WILLIAM J W GUARDSMAN - Coldstream Guards 2664914 19.11.1943

 

BIRMINGHAM (QUINTON) CEMETERY, WARLEY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Worcestershire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 32

1. 2735305 Maurice Albert Frederick SMITH, Welsh Guards

 

BIRMINGHAM (WITTON) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Warwickshire
• Location Information: The cemetery is located approximately 4 miles north east of the City, near Upper Witton.
• Historical Information: The First World War saw four important hospitals - besides many smaller - posted at Birmingham: the 1st Southern General (3,500 beds) was in the university and other buildings, with a section at Stourbridge; the 2nd/1st Southern General (1,800 beds) in the Dudley Road Infirmary and in billets; the 1st Birmingham War Hospital (1,000 beds) at Rubery Hill Asylum and the 2nd Birmingham War Hospital (900 beds) at Hollymoor Asylum. Military hospitals were at Birmingham again during the Second World War, including No 7 Canadian Hospital at Marston Green. Birmingham and Coventry were among the chief manufacturing areas producing materials for the war effort and were subjected to many devastating air raids during the Blitz of 1940-41. Birmingham (Witton) Cemetery contains 459 First World War burials, more than 200 of which form three denominational war plots marked by Screen Walls bearing the names of those buried there and in graves elsewhere in the cemetery which could not be individually marked. The small plot in Sections 55 and 56 contains only 31 of the 224 Second World War burials, the rest being scattered throughout the cemetery. Twelve names were added to the Screen Walls in the First World War plots to commemorate those Second World War casualties buried in graves that could not be marked indivdually.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 686

1. BERRY, RAYMOND MILES R M GUARDSMAN THE KING'S COY., 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2622462 21.10.1943
2. 2739165 Arthur FERNIHOUGH, Welsh Guards
3. PEATEY, HAROLD MAURICE H M GUARDSMAN - Coldstream Guards 2653309 09.12.1943
4. WELCH, STANLEY S GUARDSMAN - Coldstream Guards 2666853 08.08.1944

 

BIRMINGHAM (YARDLEY) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Warwickshire
• Historical Information: The First World War saw four important hospitals - besides many smaller - posted at Birmingham: the 1st Southern General (3,500 beds) was in the university and other buildings, with a section at Stourbridge; the 2nd/1st Southern General (1,800 beds) in the Dudley Road Infirmary and in billets; the 1st Birmingham War Hospital (1,000 beds) at Rubery Hill Asylum and the 2nd Birmingham War Hospital (900 beds) at Hollymoor Asylum. Military hospitals were at Birmingham again during the Second World War, including No 7 Canadian Hospital at Marston Green. Birmingham and Coventry were among the chief manufacturing areas producing materials for the war effort and were subjected to many devastating air raids during the Blitz of 1940-41. Birmingham (Yardley) Cemetery contains 262 First World War burials, 62 of which form a war graves plot. Screen Walls commemorate those buried in the plot and in graves elsewhere in the cemetery not marked by headstones. Second World War burials number 250, 31 of them forming a small plot towards the centre of the cemetery, the rest scattered. The names of six men buried in graves not marked by headstones have been added to the existing Screen Wall.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 513

1. 2571287 Frederick Frank BROMHALL, 2 Welsh Guards

 

BISCOT (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD

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

1. PARKER, CHARLES OSWALD C O GUARDSMAN - Grenadier Guards 2626674 13.04.1945

 

BISHOP AUCKLAND CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Durham
• No. of Identified Casualties: 40

1. GARGETT, PHILIP P GUARDSMAN 4TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2663394 30.03.1945

 

BISHOP NORTON (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Lincolnshire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 2

1. RHYDER, CHARLES WILLIAM C W GUARDSMAN 3RD BN. Grenadier Guards 2616358 29.05.1945

 

BLACKBURN (PLEASINGTON) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Lancashire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 13

1. BURNS, ROBERT R LANCE CORPORAL - Coldstream Guards 2662886 14.03.1945

 

BLACKBURN CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Lancashire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 263

1. ROBINSON, FREDERICK F GUARDSMAN - Grenadier Guards 2616605 29.06.1942

 

BLACKPOOL (CARLETON) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Lancashire
• Location Information: Blackpool (Carleton) Cemetery, Poulton-le-Fylde, is about 5 miles inland on the north-eastern side of Blackpool.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 89

1. PRICE, GERARD G GUARDSMAN - Grenadier Guards 2620173 20.03.1942

 

BLAENAU FFESTINIOG (BETHESDA) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Merionethshire
• Historical Information: This is between Festiniog (or Ffestiniog) and Blaenau Festiniog. It belongs to the Urban District Council.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 19

1. 2736409 Robert Llewellyn JONES, Welsh Guards

 

BOBBING (ST. BARTHOLOMEW) CHURCHYARD

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Kent
• Location Information: Bobbing lies 3 kilometres north-west of Sittingbourne and 27 kilometres west-north-west of Canterbury. In this churchyard there are three 1914-1918 Commonwealth war graves and two 1939-1945 Commonwealth war graves.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 5

1. WALL, LESLIE EDWIN GORDON L E G CAPTAIN - Grenadier Guards 141033 18.06.1944

 

BOLDMERE (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Warwickshire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 23

1. ASHTON, ERNEST GARNET E G GUARDSMAN 3RD BN. Coldstream Guards 2664954 26.12.1943

 

BOLTON (ASTLEY BRIDGE) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Lancashire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 48

1. VIVIAN, JOHN J GUARDSMAN 6TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2662773 04.06.1942

 

BOLTON (HEATON) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Lancashire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 222

1. 2720772 Ernest COLE, 3 Irish Guards