Monthly Archives: December 2013

Wulvergem Churchyard

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Magicfingers

Wulvergem church.  The churchyard contains the graves of nine identified and four unidentified men, along with a row of twelve special memorial headstones commemorating twenty three men buried here whose graves were lost in later fighting.

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The War Graves of Plymouth

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Magicfingers

Back in May 2012 I told you about an afternoon spent exploring three vast cemeteries in the city of Plymouth that between them contain nearly 1500 First World War burials and more than 850 from the Second World War.  Plymouth … Continue reading →

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Plymouth – Ford Park Cemetery Part Three

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Magicfingers

The grave of Captain Andrew Henry, Royal Garrison Artillery, who won the Victoria Cross defending his guns at the Battle of Inkerman in the Crimea in November 1854, and who died in Plymouth in 1870.                          … Continue reading →

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Plymouth – Ford Park Cemetery Part Two

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Magicfingers

                                                                                                              Which brings us to the end of Part Two.  One final part to go: Ford Park Cemetery Part Three

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Plymouth – Ford Park Cemetery Part One

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Magicfingers

Ford Park Cemetery (formerly known as Pennycomequick or Plymouth Old Cemetery), is the third of the three vast cemeteries we are visiting in Plymouth, and contains 752 burials of the First World War, more than 200 of them in a … Continue reading →

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Plymouth – Efford Cemetery Part Two

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Magicfingers

                                                            The third, and final, cemetery on our Plymouth visit can be viewed here: Ford Park Cemetery Part One

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Plymouth – Efford Cemetery Part One

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Magicfingers

Efford Cemetery, the second cemetery we shall look around on our visit to Plymouth, contains 338 First World War and 109 Second World War burials.  This is also the site of Plymouth City Crematorium, and a screen wall near the … Continue reading →

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