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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 Link  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. 

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 Link  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.  The Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial contains the graves from the First World War of 468 American military dead and a further 563 with no known grave are commemorated. After the entry of the United States into the Second World War the American Cemetery was enlarged, with burials of US servicemen beginning in April 1942. By August 1944 over 3,600 bodies had been buried in the American Military Cemetery. At this time burials were discontinued, and US casualties were from then on buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial - see Link  On the authority of the Quartermaster General of the United States Army, the US servicemen buried at Brookwood during the Second World War were exhumed between January and May 1948.Those whose next of kin requested it were shipped to the United States for reburial, and the remaining bodies were transferred to the new cemetery at Madingley outside Cambridge. This is in the American section. The photograph was taken on Remembrance Sunday 2021 when each country had its own service and it was the American Battle Monuments Commission Veterans Day with the US Ambassador to the UK and the Governor of Minnesota in attendance. 

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 Link  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.  The Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial contains the graves from the First World War of 468 American military dead and a further 563 with no known grave are commemorated. After the entry of the United States into the Second World War the American Cemetery was enlarged, with burials of US servicemen beginning in April 1942. By August 1944 over 3,600 bodies had been buried in the American Military Cemetery. At this time burials were discontinued, and US casualties were from then on buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial - see Link  On the authority of the Quartermaster General of the United States Army, the US servicemen buried at Brookwood during the Second World War were exhumed between January and May 1948.Those whose next of kin requested it were shipped to the United States for reburial, and the remaining bodies were transferred to the new cemetery at Madingley outside Cambridge. This is in the American section. The photograph was taken on Remembrance Sunday 2021 when each country had its own service and it was the American Battle Monuments Commission Veterans Day with the US Ambassador to the UK and the Governor of Minnesota in attendance. Small Minnesota flags were placed next to each of the 27 men from Minnesota with graves here and this was the Governor speaking - he had flown in that day.

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 Link  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.  The Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial contains the graves from the First World War of 468 American military dead and a further 563 with no known grave are commemorated. After the entry of the United States into the Second World War the American Cemetery was enlarged, with burials of US servicemen beginning in April 1942. By August 1944 over 3,600 bodies had been buried in the American Military Cemetery. At this time burials were discontinued, and US casualties were from then on buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial - see Link  On the authority of the Quartermaster General of the United States Army, the US servicemen buried at Brookwood during the Second World War were exhumed between January and May 1948.Those whose next of kin requested it were shipped to the United States for reburial, and the remaining bodies were transferred to the new cemetery at Madingley outside Cambridge. This is in the American section. The photograph was taken on Remembrance Sunday 2021 when each country had its own service and it was the American Battle Monuments Commission Veterans Day with the US Ambassador to the UK and the Governor of Minnesota in attendance. Small Minnesota flags were placed next to each of the 27 men from Minnesota with graves here, and the Governor who had flown in that day spoke - see Link

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 Link  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.  The Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial contains the graves from the First World War of 468 American military dead and a further 563 with no known grave are commemorated. After the entry of the United States into the Second World War the American Cemetery was enlarged, with burials of US servicemen beginning in April 1942. By August 1944 over 3,600 bodies had been buried in the American Military Cemetery. At this time burials were discontinued, and US casualties were from then on buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial - see Link  On the authority of the Quartermaster General of the United States Army, the US servicemen buried at Brookwood during the Second World War were exhumed between January and May 1948.Those whose next of kin requested it were shipped to the United States for reburial, and the remaining bodies were transferred to the new cemetery at Madingley outside Cambridge. This is in the American section. The photograph was taken on Remembrance Sunday 2021 when each country had its own service and it was the American Battle Monuments Commission Veterans Day with the US Ambassador to the UK and the Governor of Minnesota in attendance. Small Minnesota flags were placed next to each of the 27 men from Minnesota with graves here, and the Governor who had flown in that day spoke - see Link

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 Link  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.  The Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial contains the graves from the First World War of 468 American military dead and a further 563 with no known grave are commemorated. After the entry of the United States into the Second World War the American Cemetery was enlarged, with burials of US servicemen beginning in April 1942. By August 1944 over 3,600 bodies had been buried in the American Military Cemetery. At this time burials were discontinued, and US casualties were from then on buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial - see Link  On the authority of the Quartermaster General of the United States Army, the US servicemen buried at Brookwood during the Second World War were exhumed between January and May 1948.Those whose next of kin requested it were shipped to the United States for reburial, and the remaining bodies were transferred to the new cemetery at Madingley outside Cambridge. This is in the American section. The photograph was taken on Remembrance Sunday 2021 when each country had its own service and it was the American Battle Monuments Commission Veterans Day with the US Ambassador to the UK and the Governor of Minnesota in attendance. Small Minnesota flags were placed next to each of the 27 men from Minnesota with graves here, and the Governor, who had flown in that day, spoke - see Link

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 Link  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.  The Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial contains the graves from the First World War of 468 American military dead and a further 563 with no known grave are commemorated. After the entry of the United States into the Second World War the American Cemetery was enlarged, with burials of US servicemen beginning in April 1942. By August 1944 over 3,600 bodies had been buried in the American Military Cemetery. At this time burials were discontinued, and US casualties were from then on buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial - see Link  On the authority of the Quartermaster General of the United States Army, the US servicemen buried at Brookwood during the Second World War were exhumed between January and May 1948.Those whose next of kin requested it were shipped to the United States for reburial, and the remaining bodies were transferred to the new cemetery at Madingley outside Cambridge. This is in the American section. The photograph was taken on Remembrance Sunday 2021 when each country had its own service and it was the American Battle Monuments Commission Veterans Day with the US Ambassador to the UK and the Governor of Minnesota in attendance. Small Minnesota flags were placed next to each of the 27 men from Minnesota with graves here, and the Governor who had flown in that day spoke - see Link This display is in the chapel.

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 Link  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.  The Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial contains the graves from the First World War of 468 American military dead and a further 563 with no known grave are commemorated. After the entry of the United States into the Second World War the American Cemetery was enlarged, with burials of US servicemen beginning in April 1942. By August 1944 over 3,600 bodies had been buried in the American Military Cemetery. At this time burials were discontinued, and US casualties were from then on buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial - see Link  On the authority of the Quartermaster General of the United States Army, the US servicemen buried at Brookwood during the Second World War were exhumed between January and May 1948.Those whose next of kin requested it were shipped to the United States for reburial, and the remaining bodies were transferred to the new cemetery at Madingley outside Cambridge. This is in the American section. The photograph was taken on Remembrance Sunday 2021 when each country had its own service and it was the American Battle Monuments Commission Veterans Day with the US Ambassador to the UK and the Governor of Minnesota in attendance. Small Minnesota flags were placed next to each of the 27 men from Minnesota with graves here, and the Governor who had flown in that day spoke - see Link

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 Link  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.  The Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial contains the graves from the First World War of 468 American military dead and a further 563 with no known grave are commemorated. After the entry of the United States into the Second World War the American Cemetery was enlarged, with burials of US servicemen beginning in April 1942. By August 1944 over 3,600 bodies had been buried in the American Military Cemetery. At this time burials were discontinued, and US casualties were from then on buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial - see Link  On the authority of the Quartermaster General of the United States Army, the US servicemen buried at Brookwood during the Second World War were exhumed between January and May 1948.Those whose next of kin requested it were shipped to the United States for reburial, and the remaining bodies were transferred to the new cemetery at Madingley outside Cambridge. This is in the American section. The photograph was taken on Remembrance Sunday 2021 when each country had its own service and it was the American Battle Monuments Commission Veterans Day with the US Ambassador to the UK and the Governor of Minnesota in attendance. 

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 Link  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 the Polish War Memorial.

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 Link  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.  The Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial contains the graves from the First World War of 468 American military dead and a further 563 with no known grave are commemorated. After the entry of the United States into the Second World War the American Cemetery was enlarged, with burials of US servicemen beginning in April 1942. By August 1944 over 3,600 bodies had been buried in the American Military Cemetery. At this time burials were discontinued, and US casualties were from then on buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial - see Link  On the authority of the Quartermaster General of the United States Army, the US servicemen buried at Brookwood during the Second World War were exhumed between January and May 1948.Those whose next of kin requested it were shipped to the United States for reburial, and the remaining bodies were transferred to the new cemetery at Madingley outside Cambridge. This is in the American section. The photograph was taken on Remembrance Sunday 2021 when each country had its own service and it was the American Battle Monuments Commission Veterans Day with the US Ambassador to the UK and the Governor of Minnesota in attendance. 

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 Link  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.  The Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial contains the graves from the First World War of 468 American military dead and a further 563 with no known grave are commemorated. After the entry of the United States into the Second World War the American Cemetery was enlarged, with burials of US servicemen beginning in April 1942. By August 1944 over 3,600 bodies had been buried in the American Military Cemetery. At this time burials were discontinued, and US casualties were from then on buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial - see Link  On the authority of the Quartermaster General of the United States Army, the US servicemen buried at Brookwood during the Second World War were exhumed between January and May 1948.Those whose next of kin requested it were shipped to the United States for reburial, and the remaining bodies were transferred to the new cemetery at Madingley outside Cambridge. This is in the American section. The photograph was taken on Remembrance Sunday 2021 when each country had its own service and it was the American Battle Monuments Commission Veterans Day with the US Ambassador to the UK and the Governor of Minnesota in attendance.  This was the playing of Taps which is the American equivalent of the Last Post.

A very average late August day, pleasantly warm but not scorching, after a month of extremes- some very hot dry days but some dramatic thunderstorms and flash floods too. See here for the Met Office August summary here Link and the Summer 2022 profile here Link

Reynolds received his VC for his bravery Link The Crimean War Making the news more recently: August 4th-6th, China conducts its largest ever military exercise around Taiwan in response to a controversial visit by Nancy Pelosi; August 9th, the Kenyan general election is won by William Ruto after which there are protests and violence from opposition supporters; 12th, author Salman Rushdie is stabbed multiple times as he is about to give a public lecture in New York State; 17th, Turkey and Israel agree to restore full diplomatic relations after a period of tensions; 27th, the 2022 Asia Cup begins; 28th, Pakistan declares a "climate catastrophe" and appeals for international assistance; and 31st, last Tory hustings before the end of voting to determine the UK's next Prime Minister

Amongst others buried here are the diplomat Sir James Colquhoun Link his son the lawyer Patrick Colquhoun Link and his son in law, the oriental scholar Sir James Redhouse Link Departing this month: 5th August 2022, Janet Durham of The Seekers; 7th August, the historian and narrator David McCullough; 8th, the singer Olivia Newton-John; 9th the author Raymond Briggs; 18th, the actress Josephine Tewson; 20th, the golfer Tom Weiskopf; 25th, the former M.P. Giles Radice; 30th, former Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev; and lastly, on the 31st, BBC legend Bill Turnbull.

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 Link  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.