The War Memorial in Greenwich Cemetery
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The War Memorial in Greenwich Cemetery
Image: © Marathon Taken: 28 May 2020
Greenwich Cemetery was founded 1856 by Greenwich Burial Board on a hilly site, with an entrance in Well Hall Road. At the top of the hill are the Commonwealth War Graves and the Heroes Corner and War Memorial. The panoramic views are the finest from any cemetery in London and are some of the best anywhere in London. This is the War memorial in the Heroes Corner. For the view of the other side see https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6487872 Greenwich Cemetery contains 561 First World War burials. More than half of these graves are scattered throughout the cemetery, but 263 form a large war graves plot known as 'Heroes' Corner'. Here, two curved screen walls bear the names of casualties buried both in the plot and in unmarked graves in the cemetery. The Second World War plot adjoins and contains 75 graves. For more about Greenwich Cemetery see https://londongardenstrust.org/inventory/gardens-online-record.php?ID=GRN026
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