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There are three large plots of Military graves in Caister cemetery, primarily from the Royal Naval Hospital in Great Yarmouth. This plot is mainly Naval Personnel but other branches of the services are represented from WW2 and post war casualties.

Memorial to nine lifeboatmen who lost their lives when their boat capsized in a storm on 14. November 1901. The memorial is located across the road from > Image, the tower of which can be seen in the background, in the northwestern corner of the old cemetery on Ormesby Road. Update June 2020: The memorial has recently received a Grade 2 listing. Also known as the Beauchamp memorial, it is hailed by Historic England for its sculptural quality featuring a broken mast, anchor, laurel wreathes, and lifebuoy. Experts said that it was a “visual reminder of the tragic loss of life at sea,” and described it as “an eloquent and moving tribute to the bravery of the crew who perished in 1901, and a poignant reminder of the sacrifice of the local community.” The marble memorial was unveiled in 1903 and remembers the crew of the Beauchamp who perished while trying to save a fishing smack in distress.

The Caister Lifeboat Disaster of 13 November 1901 occurred off the coast of Caister-on-Sea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901_Caister_Lifeboat_Disaster

The cemetery is located across the road from > Image in Ormesby Road.

Memorial to nine lifeboatmen who lost their lives when their boat capsized in a storm on 14. November 1901. The memorial is located across the road from > Image in the northwestern corner of the old cemetery on Ormesby Road. Update June 2020: The memorial has recently received a Grade 2 listing. Also known as the Beauchamp memorial, it is hailed by Historic England for its sculptural quality featuring a broken mast, anchor, laurel wreathes, and lifebuoy. Experts said that it was a “visual reminder of the tragic loss of life at sea,” and described it as “an eloquent and moving tribute to the bravery of the crew who perished in 1901, and a poignant reminder of the sacrifice of the local community.” The marble memorial was unveiled in 1903 and remembers the crew of the Beauchamp who perished while trying to save a fishing smack in distress.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission regularly maintain and tend the graves at their many War Graves sites all over the world. Here they have just finished cutting the grass and are about to water the plants surrounding the grave markers. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission owes its existence to the vision and determination of one man - Sir Fabian Ware. The Commission's work began in earnest after the Armistice. Once land for cemeteries and memorials had been guaranteed, the enormous task of recording the details of the dead began. By 1918, some 587,000 graves had been identified and a further 559,000 casualties were registered as having no known grave. Today we take their work very much for granted but without the C.W.G.C. there would be no memorial gardens and the graves of those who died for our freedom would be lost forever. https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us

The cross represents the 745 service personnel buried in the old and new Caister cemeteries. Caister War Memorial is in St Edmund's church. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5117956 WW1 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5117966 WW2

These amount to about one third of the total number of graves of Royal Naval personnel who died at the Royal Naval Hospital in Great Yarmouth. The graves date from 1906 until 1957 when the hospital passed to the National Health Service. Earlier grave markers from 1883 until 1906 can be seen at the New Cemetery in Great Yarmouth. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5009985