a Scottish soldier's resting place
A rare exception on our recent visit to the Military Cemetery, on the same site as the former Chapel, were these daffodils planted beside a grave. Mostly the green landscape just shows rows of white headstones. Soldiers of many nationalities are buried here and the information on some of the headstones is just a name.
"Netley Military Cemetery is a permanent military cemetery, the property of the Ministry of Defence. The cemetery was at the back of the Royal Victoria Military Hospital and was used during both wars for burials from the hospital. The cemetery contains 637 First World War burials but only 35 from the Second World War. In addition to the Commonwealth graves, there are a number of war graves of other nationalities including 69 German graves dating from the First World War.
source: Commonwealth War Graves Commision
a Scottish soldier's resting place
A rare exception on our recent visit to the Military Cemetery, on the same site as the former Chapel, were these daffodils planted beside a grave. Mostly the green landscape just shows rows of white headstones. Soldiers of many nationalities are buried here and the information on some of the headstones is just a name.
"Netley Military Cemetery is a permanent military cemetery, the property of the Ministry of Defence. The cemetery was at the back of the Royal Victoria Military Hospital and was used during both wars for burials from the hospital. The cemetery contains 637 First World War burials but only 35 from the Second World War. In addition to the Commonwealth graves, there are a number of war graves of other nationalities including 69 German graves dating from the First World War.
source: Commonwealth War Graves Commision