Guards - U.K. Cemeteries list

CATHCART CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Renfrewshire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 236

1. ROSS, JAMES DICK J D GUARDSMAN - Scots Guards 2700736 30.06.1942

 

CAVERS CHURCHYARD

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Roxburghshire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 1

1. TINLIN, ROBERT JOHN ALCORN R J A GUARDSMAN - Scots Guards 2694369 07.02.1946

 

CHARING (KENT COUNTY) CREMATORIUM

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Kent
• Historical Information: During the Second World War 60 servicemen and women were cremated at Charing (Kent County) Crematorium. They are commemorated by name on a Portland stone panel set into a recess on the west pavilion of the crematorium building.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 60

1. ANDREWS, DENIS ARTHUR D A GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2627556 28.01.1946

 

CHATHAM (PALMERSTON ROAD) CEMETERY

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

1. 2738580 Ernest Stanley William CLIBBON, Welsh Guards

 

CHEPSTOW CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Monmouthshire
• Location Information: The cemetery, near the Newport road, was opened in 1856, and now belongs to the Urban District Council. Of the eleven War Graves, seven are those of Royal Engineers.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 20

1. 2733817 Ernest Albert JONES, 1 Welsh Guards

 

CHESHAM BURIAL GROUND

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Buckinghamshire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 33

1. GOMM, BENJAMIN HAROLD B H GUARDSMAN 6TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2665205 21.05.1943

 

CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Cheshire
• Visiting Information: This cemetery is open during the following hours: Monday to Friday 9am. to 8 pm or sunset Weekends 10am. to 8 pm or sunset If assistance is required, the cemetery office should be contacted on the following telephone number 01244371428 Monday to Thursday 08.15 to 16.30 and Friday 08.15 to 16.00
• Historical Information: Chester (Blacon) was a new cemetery in 1940 when the authorities set aside two plots for service burials. The larger plot in section 'A' was used as a Royal Air Force regional cemetery by a number of R.A.F. stations in Cheshire and the adjoining counties. Only airmen are buried in it. The smaller plot in section 'H' was used for Commonwealth burials and for the burial of servicemen from the numerous Polish hospitals and camps in the area. Almost all of the war graves are in one or other of these plots. The cemetery contains 461 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 1 of which is an unidentified airman of the Royal Air Force. Of the 97 war graves of other nationalities, 86 are Polish. There also are 2 Non World War service burials here.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 560

1. 2720305 George WALTER, 2 Irish Guards

 

CHESTER (OVERLEIGH) CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Cheshire
• Historical Information: Chester General Cemetery contains 127 First World War burials, about half of them made from local hospitals including the Chester War hospital which was housed in the Infirmary building. Second World War burials number 69. The majority of the burials are scattered throughout the cemetery but there is a small war graves plot made up of 32 graves from both wars.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 201

1. MALLARD, THOMAS EDWARD T E GUARDSMAN - Grenadier Guards 2623048 09.07.1944
2. WIGGLESWORTH, RICHARD R GUARDSMAN 3RD BN. Grenadier Guards 2615927 01.06.1940

 

CHINGFORD MOUNT CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Essex
• Historical Information: There are 136 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 182 from the 1939-1945 war, throughout the cemetery. There is also 1 non war service burial. Those whose graves are not marked by headstones are named on a low Screen Wall memorial surounding the main War Graves Plot, (Section F.13.) The Cross of Sacrifice is located at the end of Plot E8.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 319

1. SLATER, HENRY GEORGE H G GUARDSMAN - Grenadier Guards 2621146 08.03.1944
2. TULK, JAMES FREDERICK J F GUARDSMAN - Grenadier Guards 2620927 27.09.1940

 

CHIRNSIDE PARISH CHURCHYARD

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

1. SPRATT, ALEXANDER A GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Scots Guards 2696036 17.03.1943

 

CITY OF LONDON CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM, MANOR PARK

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Essex
• Historical Information: Many of the soldiers buried here died in Bethnal Green Military Hospital. The Screen Wall at the back of the War Graves Plot commemorates by name those buried in the plot or in graves elsewhere in the cemetery which could not be marked by headstones and those who were cremated in the City of London Crematorium.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 740

1. 2732051 William Stanley PLAISTED, Welsh Guards

 

MILL HILL CEMETERY

CITY OF WESTMINSTER (PADDINGTON) CEMETERY, MILL HILL

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Middlesex
• Location Information: Milespit Hill, London, NW7 2RR
• Historical Information: During the Second World War, many of the Middlesex hospitals, including that at Mill Hill, became Stationary Military Hospitals. The City of Westminster (Paddington) Cemetery, Mill Hill, contains 53 Second World War Commonwealth war graves, mostly situated in the war graves plot in section C. This cemetery also contains The Netherlands Field of Honour, established in 1965. The plot contains the graves of more than 250 servicemen of the Netherlands, many of them having been brought to the cemetery from other United Kingdom burials grounds. The majority of the graves are those of Merchant seamen. C.W.G.C. now maintain 6 non World War Civilian and Fire Service burials.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 340

1. 2723171 Robert Arthur CURRIE, Irish Guards

 

CLACHAN SHANNDA BURIAL GROUND
CLACHAN SANDS BURIAL GROUND

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Inverness-shire
• No. of Identified Casualties: 4

1. MORRISON, MALCOLM M PIPER - Scots Guards 2929762 17.04.1941

 

CLAYTON HEIGHTS METHODIST CHAPELYARD

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

1. STATON, GORDON WALTER G W GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2617005 18.03.1943

 

CLOWNE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD

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

1. 2692964 George Henry CLARKE, 1 Scots Guards Grave Reference: Grave 1760. 18.10.1940
2. FROST, JAMES J GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Scots Guards 2693464 18.10.1940

 

CODFORD ST. MARY (ST. MARY) NEW CHURCHYARD

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Wiltshire
• Historical Information: The New Zealand Command Depot was established at Codford in June 1916 and the No 3 New Zealand General Hospital followed in July. The New Churchyard was established by deed of gift as the "Military Burial Ground," with a small part reserved for future burials from the parish. The war graves plot contains 98 burials, mostly of New Zealand and Australian forces. There is only one burial of the Second World War in the New Churchyard.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 99

1. 2732759 Christopher Thomas BROWN, 2 Welsh Guards

 

COGENHOE (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD
COGENHOE (OR COOKNOE) (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD

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

1. BOOR, SIDNEY ALFRED S A GUARDSMAN - Coldstream Guards 2663064 01.09.1940

 

COEDPOETH CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL GARDEN

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Denbighshire
• Historical Information: This is at Coedpoeth, belongs to the Parish Council.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 13

1. 2737471 Trevor FRANCIS, Welsh Guards

 

COLCHESTER CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: Essex
• Historical Information: Colchester Cemetery was opened in 1856 and now belongs to the Corporation. It originally covered about 30 acres, but was enlarged in 1940 to 67 acres. The newer part is on the western side of the original burial ground, and behind it is the site of a Roman Way. There are 266 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war, 1 being unidentified, of which 50 are in the War Plot, while 11 Australian graves are together in a group nearby, the remainder being scattered. After the war a Cross of Sacrifice was erected on a site overlooking both the plot and the group of war graves, in honour of all the servicemen buried here. There are also 114 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, 1 of which is unidentified. In the early months of the 1939-1945 War, shortly after the enlargement of the cemetery, land was set aside in the newer part for service war burials. This is now the War Graves Plot. Among these casualties are men who were killed at sea after being evacuated from Dunkirk. The non-war graves are those of a man of the Merchant Navy and two ex-servicemen who were buried in the War Graves Plot although their deaths were not due to war service. There are also 7 Foreign National burials. The plot is enclosed by a hedge of cotoneaster frigida and a Cross of Sacrifice stands on the western side. The graves are set in level mown turf, with continuous flower borders along the rows of headstones in which are polyantha roses and other seasonal flowers.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 388

1. 2719674 John McWALTER, 2 Irish Guards

 

COLERAINE CEMETERY

• Country: United Kingdom
• Locality: County Londonderry
• Historical Information: This is on the Portrush road. There are 3 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 13 of the 1939-1945 war here.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 16

1. 6985610 John James RORRISON, Irish Guards