Greenwich Cemetery

Greenwich Cemetery is a cemetery in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in southeast London. It is situated on the southwestern slopes of Shooter's Hill, on the western side of the A205 South Circular, Well Hall Road, approximately halfway between Woolwich, to the north, and Eltham, to the south.^[1]

It was established in 1856 by Greenwich Burial Board, has two "lumpish" Gothic chapels,^[2] and a 1930s entrance lodge. Its hillside position gives views towards Crystal Palace and the City of London. The cemetery's proximity to the Royal Military Academy, Royal Arsenal, the Royal Herbert Military Hospital and other military establishments means numerous army personnel are buried there.^[3]

Memorials

Greenwich Cemetery contains 558 World War I burials. Over half are scattered throughout the cemetery, but 263 form a large war graves plot known as 'Heroes' Corner', where two curved screen walls bear the names of casualties buried both in the plot and in unmarked graves in the cemetery.^[4]

An adjoining World War II plot contains 75 graves; in total, the cemetery contains 124 Second World War burials, 3 of which are unidentified British soldiers, and 30 Norwegian service graves.^[4] Other memorials include:

Sir Charles Hamilton (28 May 1845 – 15 Nov 1928) - businessman and MP for Rotherhithe
General Sir Arthur Holland (d.1927), Commandant of the Royal Military Academy^[3]
Surgeon General James Jameson (d.1904) - Director General of the Army Medical Services in the Boer War and the Commander of the British Ambulance Division in the Franco-Prussian War.^[3]
Nikolay Ogarev (aka Nicholas Ogareff; 1813-1877) - exiled Russian revolutionary (in 1966, his remains were exhumed and cremated, and his ashes were taken to Russia by two members of the Soviet Writers’ Union)^[5]
Sir William Poland (1797-1884)^[2]
Christopher Rowland (1929-1967) - MP for Meriden^[2]
Sir Andrew Scott (1857-1939)^[2]
Captain Walter Napleton Stone VC (1891-1917)^[2]

References

↑ "Greenwich Cemetery". Royal Borough of Greenwich. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 Meller, Hugh; Parsons, Brian (2013). London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer. The History Press. ISBN 9780752496900.
1 2 3 "Greenwich Cemetery". London Gardens Online. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
1 2 "Greenwich Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
↑ "Greenwich Cemetery". Deceased Online. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

Cemeteries in London

Cemeteries	Beckenham Bell's Hill Burial Ground Brockley and Ladywell Brookwood Bunhill Fields Charlton City of London Croydon East Finchley East London Golders Green Jewish Greenwich Great Northern Gunnersbury Hampstead Hanwell (Kensington's) Hanwell (Westminster's) Hither Green Isleworth Lambeth New Southgate Paddington Putney Vale Queen's Road Richmond St Mary's Roman Catholic St Pancras and Islington Southgate Trent Park West Ham Jewish Willesden Jewish Woolwich

The Magnificent Seven	Abney Park Brompton Highgate East and West Kensal Green Nunhead Tower Hamlets West Norwood

Former cemeteries	All Hallows Bread Street All Hallows Lombard Street All Hallows Staining Cross Bones East Greenwich Pleasaunce Enon Chapel Holy Trinity the Less Holy Trinity, Minories Quaker Gardens St Alban, Wood Street St Alphage London Wall St Andrew St Antholin St Botolph's Aldgate St Dionis Backchurch St Matthew Friday Street St Helen's Bishopsgate St James Duke's Place St John the Evangelist St John Zachary St Katherine St Leonard, Eastcheap St Martin Outwich St Martin Pomary St Martin Vintry St Mary Aldermanbury St Mary Colechurch St Mary Magdalen St Mary Somerset St Mary Woolchurch Haw St Mary Woolnoth St Michael Queenhithe St Michael, Cornhill St Mildred, Poultry St Olave St Peter le Poer St Peter, Paul's Wharf St Sepulchre

Crematoria	City of London Croydon Golders Green West London West Norwood

Coordinates: 51°28′11″N 0°03′15″E / 51.4697°N 0.0541°E / 51.4697; 0.0541

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