Brookwood Military Cemetery

Brookwood Military Cemetery
Country:	United Kingdom
Location:	Brookwood, Surrey
Coordinates:	51°17′52″N 0°37′53″W
Type:	Public
Owned by:	Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Website:	Brookwood Military Cemetery

Brookwood Military Cemetery is part of Brookwood Cemetery, a burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England. Brookwood Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in western Europe.

History

Brookwood Cemetery,also known as the London Necropolis, was established in 1852 to house London's deceased, since the capital was finding it difficult to accommodate its increasing population, both of living and dead. By 1854, Brookwood was the largest cemetery in the world (it is no longer). Over 240,000 people have been buried there.

A military cemetery was added to Brookwood in 1917 and contains some of the dead from World War I and World War II. A military memorial was built in 1958. Memorialised here too is Edward the Martyr, King of England, whose relics are kept nearby in St Edward the Martyr Orthodox Church.

Brookwood Military Cemetery covers about 37 acres (150,000 m²) is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom. The land was set aside during World War I to provide a burial site for men and women of Commonwealth and American armed forces who died in the United Kingdom of wounds. It now contains 1,601 Commonwealth burials from World War I and 3,476 from World War II. Within this, there is a particularly large Canadian section, which includes 43 men who died of wounds following the Dieppe Raid in August 1942. Two dozen Muslim dead were transferred here in 1968 from the Muslim Burial Ground, Horsell Common. The cemetery also has 786 non-Commonwealth war graves, including 28 unidentified French. It also contains Polish, Czech, Belgian and Italian sections.

The United Kingdom 1914-1918 Memorial stands at the north-eastern end of the 1914-1918 Plot.

The Brookwood Memorial stands at the southern end of the Canadian section of the cemetery and commemorates 3,500 Commonwealth men and women who died during the Second World War and have no known grave. This includes commandos killed in the Dieppe Raid and St Nazaire Raids; and Special Operations Executive personnel who died in occupied Europe.

The nearby Brookwood (Russia) Memorial was erected in 1983 and commemorates forces of the British Commonwealth who died in Russia in World War I and World War II.

Location

Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. There is a direct train service from Waterloo to Brookwood Station from which there is an entrance to the cemetery.

"We Rest Here"

The following members of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals are buried here.

Headstone	Service Number	Rank and Name	Grave Location
	D116232	Sigmn BG Allen	45. J. 7.
	H38928	Sigmn RL Aspholm	56. I. 2.
	C64540	Sigmn JW Baxter	44. G. 9.
	D24005	Sigmn WJO Bennett	3. O. 5.
	E28525	Sigmn JE Bergeron	33. A. 3.
	G20042	Sigmn AK Blackall	33. H. 10.
	D24064	Sigmn J Booton	3. Q. 4.
	G18462	Sigmn AH Boulter	39. E. 3.
	B32072	LSgt KS Boyer	47. F. 3.
	D24040	Sigmn E Brazier	43. J. 1.
	B34639	Sigmn CE Brown	32. H. 2.
	B32851	Sigmn JD Brown	45. B. 3.
	B32212	Sigmn G Butcher	47. C. 3.
	M9040	Sigmn MJ Calder	45. E. 9.
	L22762	Sigmn LW Cameron	40. J. 10.
	B31033	Sigmn WG Carrier	38. E. 18.
	B31106	Sigmn JO Cobley	52. D. 9.
	B33193	Sigmn JT Coleman	3. P. 1B.
	B32375	WO II (RQMS) WM Conway	54. G. 5.
	D116631	Sigmn WH Coysh	56. G. 9.
	H68915	Sigmn AHL Crandell	40. J. 8.
	F5218	Sigmn WF Curran	49. H. 2.
	D2	LCpl GD Davidson	31. E. 4.
	B31304	Sigmn WA Derry	30. E. 4.
	B33272	Sigmn JD Doherty	3. D. 1.
	B76845	Sigmn TE Doran	31. D. 9.
	M41937	Sigmn LE Drever	36. J. 7.
	D95705	Sigmn CJ Dunn	48. D. 1.
	C100672	Sigmn KRG Dupuis	44. E. 9.
	B31298	Sigmn JH Fanner	36. A. 7.
	D21214	Sigmn IH Ferguson	31. B. 8.
	H38362	Sgt TE Forster	32. E. 2.
	P40065	Sgt FP Fraser	36. H. 6.
	H3860	LCpl RH Freeland	39. C. 7.
	C30094	Sigmn SR Gain	56. D. 7.
	B31264	Sigmn MJ Gendron	50. I. 7.
	M41827	Sigmn PL Glaser	31. A. 1.
	B110876	Sigmn FE Goodall	40. J. 7.
	A33058	Sigmn W Haeberle	47. A. 2
	B33031	Sigmn JT Hamilton	30. H. 9.
	B32665	Sigmn CF Hansler	34. G. 5.
	B34616	LCpl HR Hopkins	45. H. 6.
	B32018	Sgt WRA Huke	33. J. L.
	B32623	Sigmn AR Hunter	62. A. 2.
	B76879	Sigmn AF Ironside	40. J. 6.
	B31126	Sigmn WM Johnston	30. A. 5.
	D21471	Cpl OR Kauffman	44. H. 4.
	C3106	Sigmn SG Lewis	30. B. 8.
	F26392	Sigmn JD MacInnis	36. H. 8.
	U1585	Sigmn WE MacPherson	40. H. 3.
	B53874	Sigmn MJ Malboeuf	45. F. 7.
	H3885	Sigmn GR Mallindine	49. I. 8.
	M105443	Sigmn EG Marquardt	43. A. 5.
	M9051	Sigmn A Mauza	37. C. 10.
	P39943	WOII WA McTaggart	50. A. 6.
	H17601	Sigmn AP Meyers	55. G. 4.
	C100285	Sigmn IL Milks	58. A. 8.
	SC91627	Sgt BW Moffett	Canadian Annexe, Row B, Grave 3.
	K92392	Sigmn TE Naunton	49. H. L.
	C3561	Sigmn TFP O'Neill	3. P. 4.
	B32958	LCpl GR Penhale	45. H. 5.
	C64468	Cpl RM Regan	32. F. 5.
	D24232	Sigmn FA Robinson	32. D. 9.
	C36069	Sigmn L Robison	34. A. 4.
	L100111	Sigmn RP Rumpel	39. A. 4.
	F65620	Sigmn EA Slack	44. B. 7.
	-	Lt SZ Slonetsky	48. I. 2.
	M102615	Sigmn HB Smith	44. A. 9.
	L101149	Sigmn JD Smith	62. A. 3.
	B32959	LCpl WT Stafford	31. D. 7.
	D127749	Sigmn I Sturm	49. C. 5.
	A68220	Sigmn SF Tighe	61. D. 3.
	B84683	Sigmn CW Truax	40. J. 9.
	C33219	Sigmn JPP Trudel	62. B. 6.
	-	Capt LG Waddell	54. G. 6.
	B31021	LCpl CV Walters	39. F. 1.
	B31266	Sigmn AD Weatherup	31. J. 1.
	B39209	Sigmn G Whitcombe	47. B. 2.
	C3107	Sigmn RL Whyte	3. D. 1.
	E28537	Sigmn CG Wintle	32. H. 6.

The following members of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals are commemorated here.

Engraved Name	Service Number	Rank and Name	Grave Location
	L26023	Sigmn AK Adams	Panel 23. Column 3.
	-	Lt R Byerly	Panel 23. Column 3.
	D24230	Sigmn GE Hilt	Panel 23. Column 3
	P40277	Sigmn KL Marsh	Panel 23. Column 3.
	B31016	L/Sgt RCS Upton	Panel 23. Column 3.

See also

• Commonwealthwealth War Graves Commission Brookwood site
• Vetrans Affairs Brookwood Memorial site