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MERYL ANN SPLATT. DAUGHTER OF CHIEF PETTY OFFICER SPLATT, ROYAL NAVY, ON HMS FALCON DIED 26 APR 51. AT REST IN GRAVE 23, PLOT Q, KALKARA NAVAL CEMETERY, MALTA.
I first spotted Ocklynge cemetery on the bus going along the main road in to Eastbourne. It looked liked quite a large cemetery, and on investigating I found a huge area full of beautiful old carvings, in a beautiful setting on the side of a giant hill, that allows for some beautiful views. It is a little out of the way, even if your in Eastbourne it’s a bit of a walk from the town centre, but if you make the effort it is a great find.
Brighton Preston Cemetery is one of Brighton and Hove's big 5, and is found right next door to Brighton Borough Cemetery.
Although not quite as big, or as wooded as it’s neighbor it still has a great mix of historical features, and more strikingly decorated modern graves. There’s plenty to see, with one of the hi-lights being one of the most beautiful memorial rose gardens I’ve ever been to at the top end.
This is a picture from the Beechworth Cemetery located in the Australian state of Victoria.
You can read more about my visit to the cemetery at the below link:
on-walkabout.com/2007/08/on-walkabout-in-the-beechworth-c...
l-r: scalloped; Kleiber Headstone; Faintly Ethel; Norma
One thing I noticed about this cemetery was the proliferation of natural rock headstones - which I really like.
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Plot 31: William John Dwyer (78) 1951 – Bush Ranger
Catherine Dwyer (77) 1952
Of Your Charity
Pray for the Soul of
WILLIAM F. DWYER
Who died Feb. 3rd 1951
loved husband of Catherine
also his wife
CATHERINE
who died August 7th 1952
This is the cemetery of the small Jewish community that existed in Monnickendam prior to the second world war. The jewish community was already in decline during the first half of the 20th century; religious services could only be held on a few select holidays. Sadly almost the entire remaining Jewish population was murdered by the nazis during the war.
www.jhm.nl/culture-and-history/the-netherlands/noord-holl...
the wall in the background apparantly is the last remnant of the medieval citywall of this town.
During the Month of the Dead
Brompton Cemetery is one of the 'Magnificent Seven' cemeteries, formed after an act of Parliament for the interment of the dead.
The site proposed for this cemetery was surrounded by fields and market gardens and was bordered to the west by the Kensington Canal. The majority of the land, which belonged to Lord Kensington, was acquired by August 1839. An additional c 2ha on the south side was bought from the Equitable Gas Company. The land, formerly the site of brickworks and market gardens, was flat and lacked the varied topography of Highgate (qv) and Nunhead (qv) Cemeteries. It was described as 'having no natural attraction whatever ... not a tree and scarcely a shrub adorn the place'...in 1838 the Board of Directors decided to hold a public competition. This was won by Benjamin Baud (1807-75)...To overcome the constraints of the site his scheme relied on architectural drama for its impact. Brompton was a classical conception with dramatic vistas and spaces, in a rural setting...Building work started in 1839 and the cemetery was consecrated in June 1840, the first burial taking place a few weeks later. The building works and the landscaping were far from complete however and the North Lodge had to be used as a temporary chapel, the Anglian Chapel being eventually completed in 1842. Baud's extravagant ideas and a slow initial uptake of burial plots appears to have led the directors into financial difficulties. Baud's designs were therefore altered, building specifications were skimped, and serious faults appeared in the catacombs; in 1843 Baud was dismissed.
[Historic England]
Plot 37: Alfred Gilbert Godsmark (47) 1930
40542 Pte
A. G. GODSMARK
Auckland Regt
died 16-5-1930
N.Z.E.F
DEATHS.
GODSMARK.—On May 16, 1930, at the Auckland Hospital, Alfred Gilbert Godsmark, late of Niue Island; aged 47 years.
The funeral will leave Fraser's (late Weir), mortuary, 70, Ponsonby Road, to-day (Saturday), at 2 p.m., for the Soldiers Plot, Waikumete Cemetery.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19300517.2.2.5
Memorial notice placed for Alfred 14 years after his death:
GODSMARK, — Alfred Gilbert, May 16, 1930. The body is weak, but the spirit lives on.—lnserted by his loving wife. Ahome. and children. Nita, Celia, Gilbert.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19440516.2.5
View Alfred’s military personnel file on line:
ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServle...
View and/or contribute to Alfred’s profile on the Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph data base:
www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/recor...
For the almost four million people who visit annually, Arlington National Cemetery represents many different things. For some, it is a chance to walk among headstones that chronicle American history; for many, it is an opportunity to remember and honor the nation's war heroes; and for others, it is a place to say a last farwell during funeral services for a family member or friend.