The Canadian section of Brookwood Military Cemetery

Image: © Marathon Taken: 13 Nov 2022

Brookwood Cemetery, also known as the London Necropolis, is the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe. The cemetery is Grade I Listed. The original cemetery opened to the public on 13th November 1854 when its first burials took place. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookwood_Cemetery  for the full history of Brookwood Cemetery, including the military cemeteries.   There is an enormous area of war graves including British, American, Canadian, French, Polish, Czech, Italian and German sections, as well as a separate section for Chelsea Pensioners. Brookwood Military Cemetery covers about 37 acres and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom. The land was set aside during the First World War to provide a burial site for men and women of Commonwealth and American armed forces who died in the United Kingdom of wounds and other causes.  This is in the Canadian section which is the first part which the visitor reaches when approaching from Dawney Hill.

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