Category Archives: Brookwood Cemetery & Brookwood Military Cemetery

I’m afraid to say that I fibbed last post.  I did mention that we would see what’s what in the civil cemetery this time, but it subsequently occurred to me that I could show you some of the less well-known … Continue reading →

We shall start the New Year with the first in a series of posts about Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey and the adjoining, and much smaller – a mere 37 acres – Brookwood Military Cemetery, which is where we begin.

The Brookwood American Military Cemetery is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission, its four plots containing, in total, 468 casualties of the Great War.

Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey was initially established in 1917 to provide a cemetery for servicemen and women who died in hospitals in London and the surrounding area.  Many had been evacuated, sick or wounded, from Flanders and France, whilst … Continue reading →